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.
Democratic supporters of former presidential candidate John Edwards are heartbroken after his disclosure today to ABC News’ Bob Woodruff that he’d had an affair with a documentary filmmaker
[Ed. note: How rapidly things change with the right kind of political pressure! This piece gives a snapshot of the Clinton Campaign on Wednesday morning; last night, the media swarmed Senator Clinton's home, reporting an about-face, later reporting the nixing of the VP slot or alternately reporting a passive-aggressive desire for the second slot. What [...]
Frank Taylor, the tall, locally popular owner of the Detroit restaurant Seldom Blues, seems happy with Barack Obama being the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. In his blue pin-striped suit, he smiled and shook hands with an acquaintance outside the Compuware building in downtown Detroit on his way to a meeting: “I thought right off the [...]
Michigan Democrats don’t begrudge Sen. Hillary Clinton for staying in the race until the very end, but now it’s time to unite behind presumptive party nominee Sen. Barack Obama, party leaders said Wednesday. Their comments came shortly after Obama secured the nomination Tuesday night, capping a 16-month-long primary season, and days after the Democratic National [...]
If the comments from Michigan residents during a recent Obama visit are any indication, the presumptive Democratic nominee will have strong support in the general election campaign that is now beginning. A sampling from ordinary residents during his visit to Troy this week showed major enthusiasm: A happy Eula Jackson, 95, who had been waiting [...]
Michael Blake, Interim Political Director of the Obama Campaign in Michigan will join Todd Heywood of Michigan Messenger after 9:15 p.m. for a live interview from the Nuthouse in Lansing. “Give me a few minutes to let this sink in,” Blake said about the news on NBC that Obama was now the presumptive nominee. [Ed. [...]
Not only will New York Senator Hillary Clinton and Illinois Senator Barack Obama be within miles of each other tomorrow in Washington, D.C., but new scheduling information shows Obama will be heading to New York City for two fundraisers tomorrow night. Could this close proximity lead to a series of unity appearances? Campaign sources had [...]
Mainstream media and blogs alike are buzzing with news that New York senator and former first lady Hillary Clinton will concede the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination. But Clinton officials are denying any such speech is in the works. From a Los Angeles Times story posted this morning quoting the Associated Press: “Hillary Rodham [...]
These photos give you a clear understanding of waiting around to get in to see Senator Barack Obama at Troy High School yesterday. These are photos from inside the event. [Ed. note: We have more pictures from the Obama campaign event, which we'll post later today. Check back soon!]
TROY — With over 1,000 enthusiastic and energetic fans in attendance, Democratic Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois laid out the problems in America he wants to fix, and drew a sharp contrast with the presumptive Republican nominee, Sen. John McCain of Arizona. Obama is close to winning the Democratic nomination from New York Sen. Hillary [...]
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