I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
People lined up all afternoon on Tuesday this week for 1,700 free seats in Ann Arbor at the premiere of Michael Moore’s latest film, “Slacker Uprising.” The free showing was presented as a gift to the mostly young audience from Michigan native Moore.
I have to admit, I was pretty proud Monday morning when I saw the Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden talking about news that Michigan Messenger broke. I also felt pretty good when I found out Michael Moore linked to the video I shot of a protest at the McCain headquarters on Friday. He quoted a [...]
Thanks to WestMichiganRising for covering this weekend’s “Bowlers for Obama” event in Traverse City, where local Democratic candidates and supporters set the stage for a live Larry King interview of filmmaker Michael Moore.
Left Traverse City very early this morning on a tiny jet that seats about 60 for Denver. When I learned that I had a direct flight (wow!), I imagined United Airlines setting up a huge airliner to carry everyone from northern Michigan to the Democratic National Convention this weekend.
Michigan native Michael Moore is planning a follow-up film to his 2004 documentary “Fahrenheit 9/11.” Although the film’s details are being kept under wraps, the Los Angeles Times is reporting that Moore plans to pick up where he left off four years ago, to examine the fallout from eight years of the Bush administration’s policies. [...]
Over the Thanksgiving weekend “Lars and the Real Girl,” an independent film written by Nancy Oliver of “Six Feet Under” fame, had its top-grossing weekend nationally in Traverse City. The State Theatre reported that the first-run movie, which played in 163 theaters around the country, generated five times the national per-screen average in ticket sales [...]
Working class hero and local celebrity, Michael Moore, threw out his back this week as he rushed to coordinate the final stages of the six week, $850,000, whirlwind renovation of the long-shuttered State Theatre in downtown Traverse City. With the paint still drying on the murals in the lobby, a plumber connecting the drinking fountains, [...]
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