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.
We just discovered this video, which was posted yesterday and shot by the Eastern Michigan University student newspaper, the Eastern Echo. Hundreds of student supporters of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama gathered on campus to mark the historic event just before midnight on Tuesday, as cable news networks began declaring Obama and his running mate, [...]
Looking over photos of John McCain’s recent visit to DTE’s Fermi II nuke plant, journalist Greg Palast noticed an interesting bit of context and a familiar face.
When John McCain comes to Michigan for a pair of expensive fundraisers today, he’ll be feted by some of Michigan’s wealthiest and most powerful leaders.
Presumed Republican nominee John McCain will arrive in Michigan on Wednesday for a fund-raising blitz and a campaign appearance with independent Sen. Joe Lieberman. McCain will hold three fund-raising events Wednesday — two high-end soirees in Birmingham, at the Townsend Hotel and Big Rock Chophouse, and one at the Shenandoah Country Club in West Bloomfield, [...]
Barack Obama’s appearance at the Lansing Center on Monday to deliver a major speech unveiling his energy plan was highly anticipated by the audience before the speech and highly praised by them after.
Apparently determined to let no visit by his opponent go unchallenged, Sen. John McCain descended on Michigan today just one day after Sen. Barack Obama visited the state’s capital.
MONROE, Mich. — Here is some late-breaking video of Sen. John McCain’s remarks here at the Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station on the shore of Lake Erie, south of Detroit. McCain was joined by Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-S.C.) and Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) — whom McCain mistakenly identified as a senator. Note the nuclear power [...]
Sen. Barack Obama, the Democratic presumptive nominee for president, addresses a crowd in Lansing where he unveiled his new energy plan.
Barack Obama chose Lansing as the place to unveil a comprehensive plan to reduce America’s dependence on foreign oil because, he argued, investment in alternative and renewable energy has the potential to revive and transform Michigan’s economy.
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