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.
As retired members of the United Auto Workers prepare to have their benefits cut due to auto restructuring, it should be noted that tens of thousands reside in states other than Michigan. But fewer than 50 live in Alabama, home state to U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby, the ranking member of the Senate Banking Committee, has [...]
GOP defends state subsidies in ‘New Detroit’; southern states gave auto firms tax-breaks and cash for training.
Michigan blogger Marcy Wheeler points out that a lot of the ruckus we’ve heard against any effort to bailout the Big Three automakers comes from a predictable group of legislators. Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Alabama), for instance, is the most prominent anti-bailout spokesperson; one could hardly believe it to be coincidence that Sen. Shelby’s state is [...]
I know I should be worrying about the financial apocalypse that the president says is closing in on us, but, before I get started boarding up my windows, I just want to sit here for a moment, close my eyes and enjoy the fact that, for once, Michael Moore, Richard Shelby, Ron Paul, Dennis Kucinich [...]
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