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.
News last week of the suicide of a 12-year-old middle school student in Michigan’s upper peninsula has activists and lawmakers renewing their calls for swift action on stalled legislation that supporters say would help prevent bullying.
The recent spate of anonymous — and probably illegal — robocalls targeting Democratic gubernatorial candidates Andy Dillon and Virg Bernero didn’t contain any outright falsehoods, but they did mix in a bit of spin and distortion along with the facts.
The Michigan League of Conservation Voters is targeting Attorney General candidate Mike Bishop with a new website — MI Eye on Bishop — that will track his promises, actions and lack of action on environmental issues. Mike Bishop (R- Rochester), leader of the Senate Republicans, has claimed that protecting the state’s natural resources is a [...]
Gov. Jennifer Granholm told the Grand Rapids Press editorial team that if the state legislature plans on cutting education funding, they should also plan on making sure they have a veto-proof majority. Otherwise, she’s going to veto the measure and shut the state government down.
If Andy Dillon decides to formally seek the Democratic Party’s nomination for governor, he is unlikely to resign his post as Speaker of the Michigan House. “I weight it everyday. If I think it’s interfering with doing my job, I would (resign),” Dillon, a Redford Township Democrat, said in an interview with Michigan Messenger. “The [...]
Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop say TEA Party activists played a significant role in forcing the state legislature and governor to pass a cuts-only budget during last fall’s budget crisis. In a story about a fairly new group, the Macomb Daily reports on Bishop’s praise:
The four top leaders from both parties in the state legislature participated in a panel discussion at the annual meeting of the Michigan Society of Association Executives in Lansing on Tuesday and their comments make a showdown over the budget in September and October all but inevitable. The Detroit News reports:
Today is the deadline for candidates at the state level to file their campaign finance reports with the Secretary of State’s office, but some of the numbers for major candidates had been announced earlier. Attorney General Mike Cox announced three weeks ago that it had raised $1.8 million up to that point and had $1.5 [...]
A pair of Republican businessmen have tossed their hats in the political ring in hopes of taking a state Senate seat currently held by Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop and unseating freshman Democratic Congressman Gary Peters. The Macomb Daily reports Gene Taliercio will join a growing field of GOP hopefuls to replace Bishop, who is [...]
State Sen. Gretchen Whitmer, an East Lansing Democrat, has an opponent in the race for the Democratic nomination for Attorney General in 2010. With most of the state political operatives sleeping over the holiday break, Richard Bernstein, son of Sam Bernstein the 1-800-Call-Sam legal eagle, filed his campaign committee paperwork with the Secretary of State’s [...]
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