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.
Democratic nominee for Michigan Attorney General David Leyton says his office received a death threat targeting him over the weekend. MIRS, a subscription only newsletter covering politics and the Capitol, reports on the content of the threat:
The Democratic and Republican candidates for governor waded into the controversy over antisemitic and anti-gay comments in the race for Attorney General. Democratic nominee for governor Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero issued a press statement Tuesday afternoon calling on GOP nominee Rick Snyder to press Republicans to withdraw ads featuring mother Debbie McIntosh. McIntosh is featured [...]
The Michigan Republican Committee has launched a website and commercial targeting Congressman Bart Stupak (D-Menominee) for his last minute switch to supporting health care reform. Echoing earlier attacks on Stupak, the website and commercial allege Stupak sold-out the unborn for $726,409 in airport funding in his district.
The Michigan Republican Party has issued a press release in which they claim President Barack Obama will support Lansing Mayor Virgil Bernero for the Democratic nomination for governor, according to MLive.com’s Susan Demas: “All three supported the stimulus package, but the odds on favorite for a White House endorsement has to be Bernero,” said MRP [...]
LANSING — Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm was waiting in her Capitol office for a temporary spending bill that would re-open state government. The Michigan House had adjourned for the night. And gallery watchers early this morning were streaming out of the Capitol believing the budget battle of 2009 was over, just two hours after it had begun.
But the GOP-led Senate had another plan.
LANSING — The Republican-led Michigan Senate passed a series of budget related bills for immediate effect, only to have them shelved again. The biggest, perhaps most important piece of legislation given immediate effect was SB 831, a continuing resolution that would allow the government to function for the next 30 days while legislators continue to [...]
LANSING — The Michigan Republican Party put out a press release at 4:03 Wednesday afternoon accusing Michigan House Speaker Andy Dillon (D-Redford Township) and Senate Democratic Leader Mike Prusi (D-Ispheming Township) of attending a fundraiser while the state barreled towards a shut down.
Jonathan Stein at the Mother Jones blog argues that the failure of the auto bailout due to opposition from Senate Republicans will result in the GOP losing Michigan for a generation:
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