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The Michigan Messenger going forward

By Staff Report | 11.16.11

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 [...]

Colorado-based abstinence program provided false and misleading information to Michigan students

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.16.11

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.

Class action lawsuit filed against MERS over unpaid taxes

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.15.11

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.

Schuette fights important mercury regulations

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By Eartha Jane Melzer | 11.14.11

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.

Posts Tagged Obama

The right responds to Hillary’s speech

By Ed Brayton | 08.27.08 | 8:52 am

Nate Silver at fivethirtyeight.com offers an excellent way of knowing whether Hillary’s speech was effective How you’ll know that Hillary’s speech was a winner: If the principal Republican talking point tomorrow is: “the speech was too good! It just proves that she should have been the [Presidential/Vice Presidential] nominee!”

Swift Boat redux: The attack ads are here!

By Diane Sweet | 08.23.08 | 8:24 pm

The alert went out earlier this week that the Obama attack ads were on the way to Michigan, well, they’re here, and they’re ugly.

Obama picks Michigan truck driver to speak at the DNC

By Minehaha Forman | 08.22.08 | 4:58 pm

As a nod to union workers, Sen. Barack Obama has chosen a Teamsters union official from Taylor, Michigan, to speak at the National Democratic Convention the night Obama accepts the party’s nomination for president.

Obama’s Middle East trip resonates in Dearborn area, but not all see him reversing Bush policy

By Minehaha Forman | 07.23.08 | 11:39 am

Arab residents we spoke to support Obama, but with some skepticism On a Tuesday evening in Dearborn Heights, Mich., I asked people on the street their opinion on Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s visit to the Middle East. The Dearborn area has one of the largest Arab-American populations in the country, according to the U.S. [...]