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.
Dave Weigel at our sister site, The Washington Independent, has been liveblogging the runoff for Republican National Committee chair. Saul Anuzis, most recently chair of the Michigan Republican Party, held on until the race narrowed down to the final two about 30 minutes ago after the fifth round of balloting. The last two candidates, Michael [...]
Jack Hoogendyk, the former Republican state representative who lost a bid to replace Carl Levin in the U.S. Senate, announced by email this morning that he is withdrawing from the race to be the new chair of the Michigan Republican Party. Hoogendyk had been running in opposition to Ann Arbor real estate mogul Ron Weiser.
With the vote for the new chairmanship of the Republican National Committee coming up on January 31, RealClearPolitics says that Michigan GOP chairman Saul Anuzis is among the leaders in the race for the seat:
According to contributor David Weigel at our sister site The Washington Independent, outgoing Michigan GOP chair Saul Anuzis is the favorite in the run for the RNC Chair.
Jack Hoodendyk, a candidate for the chair of the Michigan Republican Party, sent out a letter to supporters today in which he describes a feud between former National GOP Committeeman Chuck Yob and Saul Anuzis, the current chair of the MI-GOP and a candidate for the national GOP chair, as “open warfare.”
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:
A former ambassador and GOP fundraising powerhouse has thrown his hat into the ring for the chair of the Michigan Republican Party. Ron Weiser, who is the former ambassador to Slovakia and the founder of McKinley Real Estate in Ann Arbor, announced Friday via e-mail that he would seek the chairmanship, joining an already crowded [...]
While four aspirants assert loyalty to the party, each has their own diagnosis on what has gone wrong and how the party can recover.
In the wake of last week’s disastrous election, Republicans are poised to name a new chairperson for the Republican National Committee (RNC). This Republican blog names Michigan GOP chair Saul Anuzis as one of the potential candidates.
I didn’t realize it until looking through this great New York Times slide show, but not one single county in Michigan voted more Republican in this election than in 2004.
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