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.
State health authorities have determined a third Michigan resident has Eastern Equine Encephalitis. The mosquito born illness has been plaguing horses in southwest Michigan since earlier this summer. Up to 74 horses have been confirmed with the disease. The third victim is a 52-year-old woman from Barry county, authorities said in a press release. She [...]
The Escanaba Daily Press in Michigan’s upper peninsula reports that 250 people gathered for a Tea Party event Saturday. There, speakers were treated to litany of issues seen in other Tea Party gatherings across the state — claims of socialism, demanding free markets, out of control spending, reports the Press.
In a wide-ranging interview with the Michigan Messenger, former White House adviser Van Jones argued that the solution to America’s economic and environmental problems lies in transitioning to a new greener economy focused on the next-generation energy production.
The lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community will host the annual Michigan Pride celebration this weekend in Lansing. The event will feature a march, a rally and a festival. The grand marshal of the march will be county superstar Chely Wright, who came out of the closet recently as a lesbian.
The Tea Party Express will be rolling through much of Michigan this weekend — and they have a goal in mind. It’s time, they say, for Congressman Bart Stupak (D-Ispheming) to lose his seat. The group’s website declares:
Opponents of Canadian trash being hauled into Michigan for disposal may just have a new weapon in their fight against the practice. The Port Huron Times Herald reports that while there are no hard numbers, officials believe a majority of major, interstate-closing truck accidents in the last year have involved trash hauling trucks from Canada.
While the media is focused on Lansing Mayor Virgil Bernero’s announcement that he will be seeking the Democratic nomination for governor this year, Peter Luke over at MLive.com has an interesting tidbit about Rep. Andy Dillon. Luke reports Dillon will announce his formal candidacy “very soon, in a matter of weeks.” Dillon, who is the [...]
The publisher of former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s new book Going Rogue thinks Michigan is where the former governor of Alaska will sell the most copies of her new book That’s why HarperCollins picked Grand Rapids to kickoff her national book tour.
A citizens advocacy group, Progress Michigan, is calling on Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop (R-Rochester) to raise taxes in order to keep school bus inspections part of the state budget, according to a press release put out by the non-profit group on Friday. According to the Detroit Free Press, the Michigan State Police has already [...]
The September unemployment stats for Michigan came out this week and they are high — as expected. Mlive.com highlighted the statistics on a municipal level, showing the five cities with the highest jobless rates are all over 25 percent. The cities of Highland Park and Pontiac, which leaned heavily on auto-related employment, had the highest [...]
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