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.
The race to fill the seat left open in December when Rep. Mike Simpson, (D-Jackson), is getting heated. Simpson, who was suffering from a rare blood disorder, died of a heart attack, leaving his seat which represents parts of Eaton, Jackson and Lenawee counties, open. Gov. Jennifer Granholm could have called an early special election [...]
Less than three months after announcing he had a rare blood disease, State Rep. Mike Simpson (D-Jackson) has died. Simpson, 47, suffered a heart attack Friday night on his way back from treatments at the Cleveland Clinic. Lawmakers performed the traditional honor for a lawmaker who has died in office. The House draped his desk [...]
State Rep. Mike Simpson announced Wednesday he is suffering from a rare blood disorder. The disorder, called light-chain deposition, was diagnosed in the Democratic lawmaker from Jackson after he suffered “a variety of symptoms.” The disease can impact the heart, liver and kidneys.
Former Republican Speaker of the House Rick Johnson, R-Leroy, has written a newspaper editorial denouncing a recall campaign against Rep. Mike Simpson, D-Liberty Township. The Michigan Taxpayer Alliance, led by Republican Macomb County Commissioner and former state Rep. Leon Drolet, is leading recalls against primarily Democratic lawmakers who voted to increase the state income tax [...]
The old saying that “you need a scorecard to know the players” can apply to the recall efforts against primarily Democratic lawmakers. Developments occur almost daily over the attempt to recall lawmakers who voted for the increase of the income tax and the sales tax on some services — since repealed — that avoided a [...]
BROOKLYN – A report released today by Gary Wolfram, an adjunct scholar at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, says the Michigan International Speedway in Jackson County has an economic impact greater than the Super Bowl, bringing in more than $400 million to Michigan’s economy. NASCAR racing has become a huge American sport, and the [...]
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