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.
Kevin Epling was one of 150 people invited to participate in the first of its kind anti-bullying conference at the White House Thursday.
Sen. Barack Obama, the Democratic nominee for president, drew a crowd of 15,900 to downtown Grand Rapids this morning according to the Grand Rapids Police Department.
Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama and his wife Michelle will barnstorm Michigan today in four separate events.
No, seriously. This is not an SNL parody, Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA) actually used the word “uppity” to describe Barack and Michelle Obama:
I suspect the GOP is scrambling to put together focus groups right now, to see what will play well in the wake of this week’s DNC Convention. How do they top this week’s events, of which these are only the tippy-top of the mountain? Michelle Obama introduces herself and her family to the public with [...]
While the community made up of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and allies have been quietly complaining behind the scenes that the community has not been visible enough during the Democratic National Convention in Denver, the complaints have gone silent. They have been replaced with inspiration.
DENVER — This comes from Obama communications director Robert Gibbs following Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s speech here at the Pepsi Center last night:
Here is a compelling argument about the one aspect of Michelle Obama’s speech that really did stand out, from one of Andrew Sullivan’s readers.
I had an epiphany while watching Michelle Obama’s speech at the Democratic National Convention last night: that speech was not for me. I’m sure I knew that already to some extent, but it really became clear to me in the middle of that speech as I realized that I am entirely immune to platitudinous applause [...]
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