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.
Now that the McCain campaign has pulled out of Michigan, the state Republican Party is desperate to keep the money flowing in so they can continue to spend on state and local races. Michigan GOP Chairman Saul Anuzis sent out an email Tuesday pointing to one recent poll that looked relatively favorable for them and [...]
Mainstream media outlets reported that vice presidential candidate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is unhappy with her Republican running mate, Sen. John McCain of Arizona, saying she doesn’t want to give up on Michigan.
Within minutes of the announcement that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin would be Arizona Sen. John McCain’s choice for the second slot on the Republican ticket, Michigan Messenger was able to get responses on the choice from conservative blogger Joe Sylvester and Michigan GOP chair Saul Anuzis. “At first glance Gov. Palin appears to have impressive [...]
The ACLU of Michigan has filed a federal lawsuit against Michigan’s new primary law that provides voter party preference declarations to the Democratic and Republican parties but forbids that same information to be given to any other political party or organization. The new primary law, which moved the date of the Michigan primaries up to [...]
Mitt Romney got the big win he needed so much in the Michigan GOP primary on Tuesday. After two straight second-place finishes in Iowa and New Hampshire, Romney rolled the dice by pulling all of his campaign ads in South Carolina and Florida. By doing so, he essentially turned the Michigan primary into his make-or-break [...]
Here’s this morning’s talkshow lineup featuring presidential candidates: CBS’ Face The Nation: Mitt Romney (R-MA), Mike Huckabee (R-AR) CNN’s Late Edtion: Mitt Romney (R-MA), Mike Huckabee (R-AR), Fred Thompson (R-TN). John Edwards (D-NC) Fox News Sunday: Rudy Guiliani (R-NY) NBC’s Meet The Press: Hillary Clinton (D-NY) Check your local station for time of each program.
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