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 lot of politicians are aching for your support in August, but if you don’t register by the end of business Tuesday you can’t vote. The Secretary of State, Terri Lynn Land, reminds voters that July 6 is the last day to register vote for the Aug. 3 primary. That primary will decide which candidates [...]
Embattled incumbent Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks-Kilpatrick, mother of ousted and disgraced former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, will face a challenge in the August Democratic primary from State Sen. Hansen Clarke. Kilpatrick, who was recently cleared of ethics charges by the House ethics committee over two trips she accepted to a Caribbean trade summit, has not yet [...]
The onslaught of radio, internet and billboard attacks bubbling up in the Republican primary for the nomination for governor is continuing to draw criticism from the candidates themselves. As I reported this morning, the campaign of Ann Arbor business Rick Snyder sent a scathing letter to Mike Cox, the sitting attorney general, and another candidate, [...]
State Rep. Paul Scott, (R-Grand Blanc), caused a shock wave when he announced his candidacy for the GOP nomination for Secretary of State five days ago, by declaring that one of his top priorities would be to “ensure transgender individuals will not be allowed to change the sex on their driver’s license.”
Ann Arbor businessman Rick Snyder won the Kent County GOP straw poll Thursday night at an event at which RNC Chairman Michael Steele spoke. From Snyder’s press team, here are the results:
There were no big surprises in Tuesday night’s primary election results posted on the local Fox 2 News website. As predicted there was a low turnout — about 15 percent according to the City Clerk’s office. The usual turnout in Detroit for the August primary is about 20 percent. But voter fatigue from the two [...]
DETROIT — It’s primary election day — again. Michigan’s largest city has had its share of elections this year with the special mayoral election primary in February and the special election in May. By now, the 14 percent of voters that came out in both of those elections will likely be the only ones voting in today’s general election non-partisan primary. It would be tedious to go through each candidate individually — there are 235 names on the ballot. And nobody, not even the city clerk, really knows details about the full slate. So we’ll try to keep it simple.
DETROIT — The Southeast Michigan and statewide chapter of the Sierra Club Thursday announced its endorsement of 13 Detroit City Council candidates in the August 4th primary election. The Sierra Club, the nation’s largest grassroots environmental organization, praised its 13 selections for their “outstanding” commitment to environmental issues in a press release.
DETROIT — In partnership with the University of Michigan’s Dearborn campus, Detroit Public Television has launched a project to inform voters about the hundreds of candidates seeking public office in the city. Between the candidates for the Charter Revision Commission, Detroit City Council and mayor, 220 people are looking to stand out from the crowd [...]
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