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.
On her show last night Rachel Maddow said that the takeover of Benton Harbor and the privatization of Jean Klock park is a perfect illustration of what current Republican philosophy has to offer American communities.
House Republicans are on the defensive amidst growing opposition to Emergency Manager legislation that would allow the governor to appoint people to take over towns and fire elected officials.
With his loss in the Republican primary for governor, Rep. Pete Hoekstra leaves elected office for the first time in nearly two decades. Rachel Maddow took the chance to say goodbye to him on her show, focusing on his history of saying things he should not say in his role on the intelligence committee. Video [...]
On the Rachel Maddow show last, Rachel mentioned Eartha Melzer’s article that showed that there are no facilities that perform abortions in Rep. Stupak’s district. Video below the fold.
Michigan Messenger editor Ed Brayton was on the Rachel Maddow show on MSNBC last night talking about Rep. Bart Stupak, his associations with “The Family” and his stance on abortion and health care reform. Here’s the video:
Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop is defending protesters at health care town halls, and implying they could come back against state leaders. On WJR Radio this morning, the Republican from Rochester told Frank Beckmann that the protests were what the founding fathers imagined when they wrote the Declaration of Independence. As quoted by MLive.com:
If you’re not a regular subscriber to your favorite print newspaper and thought you’d pick up a copy Wednesday morning for the “Obama” headline, odds are you were probably out of luck.
If you don’t watch or read another political talking head critique Barack Obama’s speech after accepting the Democratic nomination for President of the United States, this is one that you won’t want to miss. Conservative and often controversial political commentator, a former advisor to the late President Richard M. Nixon, and vehement spewer of extreme [...]
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