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.
When the state of New York became the sixth state in the nation late Friday night to offer marriage rights to same-sex couples, Michigan gay leaders praised the ruling — and hoped for the same result here.
The New York state Senate has passed a bill that would ban hydrofracking until next May. Hydraulic fracturing or “hydrofracking“ is a drilling technique that fractures deep underground shale in order to release natural gas deposits.
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani stirred up controversy Sunday when he joined Mayor Michael Bloomberg on the campaign trail, warning an audience of orthodox Jewish voters that a vote for Bloomberg’s opponent in the mayoral race, African-American candidate William Thompson, would make the city comparable to modern-day Detroit.
The folks at the New York Times really busted their tails on this piece of work — my hat’s off to you. I can only dream some day to create something this effective in such a short period of time. The feature Tracking US Airways Flight 1549 is only six “pages” long, but it employs [...]
Mainstream media and blogs alike are buzzing with news that New York senator and former first lady Hillary Clinton will concede the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination. But Clinton officials are denying any such speech is in the works. From a Los Angeles Times story posted this morning quoting the Associated Press: “Hillary Rodham [...]
Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox has signed on to a brief along with the attorneys general of nine other states that urges the Supreme Court of California to delay its ruling on same-sex marriage until after the November election. California has a referendum on the ballot in November that would amend the state constitution and [...]
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