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.
First term U.S. Reps. Mark Schauer and Gary Peters, both Democrats who unseated Republican incumbents in 2008, have been targeted by national Republican officials as seats they could regain in 2010. But so far, the two freshman legislators are enjoying a significant lead in fundraising over their Republican challengers. The Detroit News reports. First, the [...]
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 [...]
With new data just out from the Federal Elections Commission, the Detroit Free Press notes that Rep. Gary Peters, the first-term incumbent in the U.S. House from Oakland County, is far outpacing his opponents in raising funds for a 2010 election fight.
Paul Welday, the former chief of staff to U.S. Rep. Joe Knollenberg, is looking to avenge the 2008 defeat of his old boss at the hands of Democrat Gary Peters, who has been outpacing all his current Michigan colleagues in the House in fundraising for the critical 2010 elections.
While four aspirants assert loyalty to the party, each has their own diagnosis on what has gone wrong and how the party can recover.
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