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.
Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard said on Tuesday that he has no interest in being Rick Snyder’s running mate and that he will remain in his current position. Bouchard finished a distant fourth in Republican gubernatorial primary and was considered one of the top candidates for the post of second banana. With both state conventions [...]
One day after winning the primary and being chosen to be the Republican candidate for governor, Rick Snyder held a “peace conference” with his former rivals in the campaign, each of whom pledged to support him in his fight against Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero on the November ballot. The Detroit Free Press reports on the [...]
Many Secretaries of State around the county have taken oaths of non-partisanship and don’t endorse candidates out of concern that it could make them appear biased in their role as election administrator. Michigan’s Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land has taken a different approach.
With less than two week to go until the primary election, Rick Snyder and Mike Bouchard are claiming endorsements from two very different Republican celebrities. Businessman Rick Snyder of Ann Arbor has secured the endorsement of William Milliken, Michigan’s longest serving governor and a widely respected moderate Republican.
Stateline.org has an article about a number of state Attorneys General who are running for higher office and the delicate line they must walk in doing their current job without appearing to be using that position to help their run for another office by boosting their visibility. The first part of the article focuses on [...]
Derek Wallbank, from the MinnPost.com, tells Michigan Messenger that Congressman Pete Hoekstra (R-Holland) has agreed to join the now forming ‘House Tea Party Caucus.’ Hoekstra, who is vying for the GOP nomination for governor, was hit with a negative advertisement Monday by rival Attorney General Mike Cox. That attack ad criticizes Hoekstra for missing what [...]
Attorney General Mike Cox has unleashed an ad criticizing Congressman Pete Hoekstra for missing votes on health care reform. The ad comes as polling shows Cox in a virtual dead heat in their race to win the Republican party nomination for governor. The ad attacks Hoekstra for missing many votes in the last year — [...]
A new poll shows Attorney General Mike Cox and U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra in a very close battle for the Republican nomination for governor, with Ann Arbor businessman Rick Snyder not far behind. The survey, done for WZZM-13 TV, has Cox at 26.4 percent, Hoekstra at 25.6 percent and Snyder at 20.2 percent. The poll [...]
Republican candidate for governor Rick Snyder released his tax returns and charitable contributions from 2007 and 2008 on Friday. In their joint filings, Snyder and his wife Sue paid $323,036 in 2007 and $189,069 in 2008 federal income tax on an adjusted gross income of $1,309,920 in 2007 and $1,169,028 in 2008. In those same [...]
Attorney General Mike Cox has rallied eight attorneys general from other states to join him in challenging the Obama administration’s Department of Justice lawsuit to stop Arizona’s controversial immigration law, slated to go into effect July 29. Cox announced Monday he was intervening in the case, and has sought other states to join him in [...]
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