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The Michigan Messenger going forward

By Staff Report | 11.16.11

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 [...]

Colorado-based abstinence program provided false and misleading information to Michigan students

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.16.11

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.

Class action lawsuit filed against MERS over unpaid taxes

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.15.11

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.

Schuette fights important mercury regulations

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By Eartha Jane Melzer | 11.14.11

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.

Posts Tagged Rep. Mike Rogers

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Michigan Republicans sought stimulus funds

By Ed Brayton | 11.02.11 | 7:43 am

Newsweek reveals a series of newly released documents from the Department of Energy that shows all of the Republican members of the Michigan congressional delegation seeking stimulus funding for projects in the state on the grounds that such spending would create jobs — despite frequently claiming that the stimulus bill created no jobs.

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Rogers supports not releasing Bin Laden photos

By Ed Brayton | 05.05.11 | 7:15 am

Despite criticism from some of his fellow conservatives, Rep. Mike Rogers of Michigan, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, supports the Obama administration’s decision not to release the photos of Bin Laden after he was killed by American special forces in Pakistan.

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Rogers won’t commit on fracking transparency

By Ed Brayton | 03.28.11 | 7:32 am

Rep. Mike Rogers, replying to a letter from a constituent, refused to say whether he would support a bill that would require natural gas companies to reveal what chemicals they use in hydraulic fracturing, or hydrofracking, of gas deposits. His reply said:

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Rogers supports bombing of Libya

By Ed Brayton | 03.21.11 | 7:51 am

As American forces began bombing targets in Libya over the weekend, Rep. Mike Rogers from Michigan’s 8th District — chairman of the House Intelligence Committee — met with President Obama at the White House and supported the president’s actions:

Rogers works to stem tide of Republican losses in Congress

By Ed Brayton | 07.07.09 | 12:31 pm

The Capitol Hill publication Roll Call has an insider’s look at how one Republican congressman from Michigan, Mike Rogers of Brighton, is fully engaged in the National Republican Congressional Committee’s efforts to strengthen GOP numbers in the U.S. House during the 2010 election cycle. Rogers is the NRCC’s incumbent retention chairman, which means his job [...]

Petraeus debunks Rogers, Hoekstra on Miranda rights

By Ed Brayton | 06.12.09 | 2:24 pm

On Wednesday the Weekly Standard had a story wherein Rep. Mike Rogers and Rep. Pete Hoekstra, both Michigan Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee, claimed that the Obama administration had secretly ordered our troops to read detainees their Miranda rights when capturing them in Iraq and Afghanistan. On Thursday Gen. David Petraeus, the commander of [...]

Rogers’ hometown paper questions him on use of Arab stereotype

By Eartha Jane Melzer | 08.08.08 | 1:36 pm

Last week I reported that the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee was upset with an anti-Arab cartoon that Republican congressman Mike Rogers of Brighton posted on his Web site as part of an “energy independence plan.” A spokesman for that group said Roger’s image of a man dressed in Gulf attire and saying, “We need more money [...]