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.
Gov. Rick Snyder on Tuesday signed a GOP redistricting plan into law. The new law resets the state’s district maps for state house and senate elections as well as federal congressional elections.
The Republican-led House has, temporarily at least, failed to extend three surveillance provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act that are set to expire this month.
The U.S. Census Bureau is expected to release the preliminary results of the 2010 census Tuesday morning and the result could mean a loss of one seat in the Michigan Congressional delegation.
Millions of American saw their wealth decline in the last year and many, especially here in Michigan, lost jobs and homes. The lawmakers charged with fixing the economy, however, have fared far better. A new report from the Center for Responsive Politics finds that nearly half of the members of the U.S. Congress are millionaires [...]
In the aftermath of the Republican takeover of the U.S. House, Rep. Dave Camp (R-Midland) is likely to get the chairmanship of the most powerful and important committee in the House, the Ways and Means Committee, which controls most federal spending. The Saginaw News reports.
Michigan Reps. Sander Levin and Dave Camp both hold leadership positions on the House Ways and Means Committee for the Democratic and Republican parties respectively, putting them in a position to raise large amounts of money. And because they’re in relatively safe districts and should be easily reelected, they can use that money to support [...]
Jackie Headapohl at Mlive.com reports that the U.S. House of Representatives plans to take up a $180 billion bill that includes a provision to extend unemployment benefits and to fix the so-called Medicare DocFix problem through the end of the year. The Medicare fix is required each year to prevent a cut in Medicare reimbursement [...]
The Republican challenging U.S. Congressman Sander Levin (D-Royal Oak) for his seat in Congress doesn’t even live in Levin’s Congressional district, the Macomb Daily reports. The Daily reports Republican challenger Don Volaric lives outside the district. In his filing papers he listed an address in Clinton Township, which is in the district. But he remains [...]
In the wake of Rep. Charles Rangel’s resignation, perhaps temporary, of his chairmanship of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, Rep. Sander Levin of Michigan is taking over that position. The New York Times reports that Levin, who was 2nd in line in terms of seniority, was chosen over the more senior Rep. Pete [...]
Rep. Charles Rangel has capitulated to those, like Rep. Mark Schauer of Michigan, who’ve been calling on him to resign his chairmanship of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee in the wake of the House Ethics Committee finding him guilty of willful violations of House ethics rules. Rangel relinquished his chairmanship, but only temporarily, [...]
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