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.
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has responded to a wave of criticisms directed at her use of violent rhetoric in political debates. On Thursday, Palin released a video on Vimeo.
In the aftermath of the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), a federal judge and several others on Saturday, the million dollar question seems to be what role the increasingly vitriolic and even violent political rhetoric in America’s political discourse may have played in encouraging such acts.
As we enter the home stretch for the Aug. 3 primaries political scientists are talking about their findings related to an “informed” citizenry. American democracy is based on the concept that a well informed voting public will make the correct decisions about who to elect to office. But studies over the last decade or so [...]
The lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community will host the annual Michigan Pride celebration this weekend in Lansing. The event will feature a march, a rally and a festival. The grand marshal of the march will be county superstar Chely Wright, who came out of the closet recently as a lesbian.
LANSING — A long-serving state senator is lashing out at what he calls a “toxic” atmosphere pervading the state Capitol. “The environment here is not healthy,” said Taylor Democratic Sen. Ray Basham during a midnight interview.
Freshman U.S. Rep. Mark Schauer, a Battle Creek Democrat, yesterday sent a letter to General Motors encouraging the bankruptcy court-destined automaker not to close its Delta Township plant. While there is no indication the gold level LEED-certified plant is in any danger, Schauer has encouraged GM CEO Fritz Henderson to move production of the Chevy [...]
At a Wednesday evening book signing event in Lansing, former Arkansas Gov. and Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee talked about the Fair Tax, a bailout for the Big Three automakers and whether or not he will again seek the Republican nod for the presidency.
I know I should be worrying about the financial apocalypse that the president says is closing in on us, but, before I get started boarding up my windows, I just want to sit here for a moment, close my eyes and enjoy the fact that, for once, Michael Moore, Richard Shelby, Ron Paul, Dennis Kucinich [...]
Top issues are environmental regulation, national sovereignty, debt Three Republicans will face off next Tuesday for a chance to run against longtime Democratic U.S. Rep. Bart Stupak and represent Congressional District 1, which includes the entire Upper Peninsula and most of northern lower Michigan. Term-limited state Rep. Tom Casperson of Escanaba is the only primary [...]
Joe Knollenberg’s calculator must need new batteries. The Oakland County congressman is in hot water in the House for dramatically underreporting the value of his Washington, D.C., home on his personal financial disclosure forms, according to a front-page story in Roll Call on Tuesday. On the Republican’s most recent disclosure forms Knollenberg reported the value [...]
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