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.
A new poll from EPIC-MRA has found that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a Republican, holds a slight lead over President Barack Obama in the state in next year’s presidential election.
A poll of 600 likely voters released Sunday by EPIC-MRA found that a majority of Michigan residents support both the “Pure Michigan” advertising campaign and the state’s film incentives program, reports the Associated Press. The poll found that 67 percent of the likely voters supported the advertising campaign, while 58 percent supported the film incentives. [...]
The Lansing City Council decided to put a vote on Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero’s $109.4 million budget proposal until next Monday. The body also put off a planned vote on a .4 mill increase in Lansing property taxes which would shore up a faltering budget. Both moves were done, when at the last minute council [...]
Over the weekend, the Washington Post published a series of stories all stemming from a wide-ranging November poll of about 1,200 metro Detroit residents. The survey — focusing mostly on the equally wide-ranging fallout over the area’s sour economy – yields what the Post headline writer described as “grim conditions but optimistic outlooks.” The second half [...]
Poll results released Friday from a statewide survey shows Republican Attorney General Mike Cox leading Democratic Lt. Gov. John Cherry by 13 percentage points in the 2010 race for governor. The poll results reflect a survey of 600 likely voters around the state conducted by Mitchell Research & Communications Inc., The Detroit News reports. A [...]
Days before Detroit’s general election primary, some candidates are pulling ahead in the polls. Former journalist Charles Pugh leads the pack of 167 candidates with 65 percent voter support, according to a poll conducted by political consultant Mark Grebner. Coming in at a close second is current City Council President Kenneth Cockrel Jr.
LANSING — A new poll released Thursday evening shows that Michigan residents continue to be gloomy about the current state of the economy, but have some optimism that the state’s fortunes could turn around next year. Additionally, the poll shows that Michigan voters hold President Obama in much higher regard than their own governor, Democrat Jennifer Granholm.
City officials reported Detroit’s voter turnout in Tuesday’s mayoral primary at 14 percent. On Tuesday’s ballot were choices for Detroit mayor –businessman David Bing and interim Mayor Kenneth Cockrel won– and six ballot proposals. While at first glance 14 percent turnout seems shockingly low, political consultant and pollster Mark Grebner, whose company conducted tracking for [...]
A new poll conducted by Denno Noor Research of Lansing and reported by Freep.com shows that businessman David Bing and interim Mayor Kenneth Cockrel Jr. are the leading candidates in Detroit’s mayoral primary set for February 24th.
Rachel Maddow had an excellent riff on her show this weekend about long lines to vote and the fact that this is, in essence, a poll tax.
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