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.
Another one bites the dust. The Ogemaw County Board of Elections turned down the recall language that would go on the petitions to recall Rep. Joel Sheltrown, D-West Branch, today, ruling the language was unclear. Ogemaw County Clerk Gary Klacking said the language was rejected at hearing held this afternoon in the County Building and [...]
HOWELL – While the recalls of some Legislators who voted to increase the state income tax and implement a sales tax on certain services that helped balance the budget and do away with a $1.8 billon budget deficit are going forward, the recalls against the two Livingston County Republicans who voted for the tax are [...]
Rep. Joel Sheltrown, D-West Branch, is the latest state lawmaker to face a clarity hearing in the statewide move to recall legislators who voted to increase the state income tax and place a sales tax on some services that helped balance the state budget and erase a $1.8 billon budget deficit. The hearing will be [...]
Republican Macomb County Commissioner Leon Drolet, the head of the Michigan Taxpayer Alliance, claimed victory in an email to supporters after the Kent County Board of Electors approved the recall petition language this afternoon for the attempted recall of Rep. Robert Dean, D-Grand Rapids, at a clarity hearing. “Several Kent Election Board members expressed their [...]
More clarity hearings are being held this week in the attempt to recall state Legislators who voted for the increase of the income tax and the sales tax on some services that avoided a government shutdown and helped balanced the state budget on Oct. 1. Section 168.951 of Michigan Election Law says recall language must [...]
HOWELL — State Sen. Valde Garcia, R-Howell, faced voters for the first time at a townhall meeting last week after being only one of two Republicans to vote for implementing a sales tax on certain services. “I believe in accountability,” Garcia said. “That’s why I’m here. If at the end of the night you still [...]
LANSING — MIRS news is reporting that Leon Drolet the head of the Michigan Taxpayer Alliance, will go ahead with ten recall campaigns as result of votes to increase taxes to solve the budget crisis. The newsletter is reporter Drolet made the announcement this morning on the Frank Beckmann show on Detroit radio station WJR. [...]
Apparently, the threatened recall effort for some of the lawmakers voting to increase Michigan’s income tax Sunday night has begun. An Oakland County group calling itself “Stop Hurting Michigan’s Kids” announced Monday it’s starting recalls against six state Representatives who represent parts of Oakland County, including one Republican, according to a report in the Detroit [...]
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