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.
A Republican state Representative from Jackson County is coming under fire for accepting tax breaks and government loans for his company and then laying off more workers.
While the Michigan Democratic Party announced this week that it would hold a caucus rather than a primary to select delegates for the Democratic National Convention in 2012, but the state GOP is apparently leaning toward holding a traditional primary.
The Michigan Democratic Party today refused to confirm a report that party chair Mark Brewer has ruled out supporting efforts to recall elected officials and repeal the Emergency Manager law.
The Michigan Democratic Party is accusing Dist. 1 congressional candidate Dan Benishek, a Republican, of violating federal election law by using a private aircraft to campaign in the 31 county district. In a letter to Federal Election Commission yesterday the Democrats noted that federal law prohibits congressional candidates from using non-commercial aircraft during a campaign [...]
Local leaders of the Democratic party in the Kalamazoo area will meet today to decide on a replacement for Rep. Robert Jones, who died unexpectedly on Sunday. Jones was in a race for the state Senate and the party must act quickly to name a replacement so that new ballots can be printed. This is [...]
The newly formed Michigan Truth Squad does for Michigan what FactCheck.org does at the national level, evaluating the truth or falsity of claims made in political advertisements and campaign press releases.
For 34 years, Rep. Dale Kildee (D-Flint) has not seen a primary challenge for the 5th Congressional District seat in the U.S. House. That changed on May 11, 2010, when former television personality and executive Scott Withers formally filed paperwork as a candidate for the Democratic nomination.
A rare nominating convention held by the Michigan Democratic Party endorsed candidates for the state offices below governor over the weekend. And the winners were: For secretary of state, Wayne State law professor Jocelyn Benson, and for attorney general, Genesee County prosecutor David Leyton. The Detroit Free Press reports:
The Michigan Democratic Party filed an official complaint with the Federal Election Commission on Wednesday, alleging that the Michigan Republican Party and the Republican National Committee struck a deal to get around campaign finance limits and launder roughly half a million dollars in contributions from Michigan residents through the RNC and back to the Michigan [...]
State Rep. Barb Byrum (D-Onondaga) wants Michigan citizens to be wary of anything they might receive touting itself as a census document. The reason? The real United States Census, mandated every ten years by a clause in the Constitution, is not due to begin until March 1, but the Republican Party is sending out a questionnaire and fundraising packet that could easily be confused for the real thing.
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