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.
The Macomb Daily with the Macomb County Chamber of Commerce has released the results of an e-mail survey about the impact of health care reform on their businesses. According to the Daily, the survey found 23 companies would dump their insurance plans, and opt for the government penalty. The reason? Most are paying about 15 [...]
The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed H.R. 3548, a bill co-sponsored by Michigan Reps. Gary Peters, Sander Levin, John Dingell, Dale Kildee and Candice Miller to extend unemployment benefits in certain high unemployment states for an additional 13 weeks. The bill passed by a 331-83 vote. In a press release, Rep. Peters said:
Two of Michigan’s newly elected Democratic congressmen are wasting no time raising loads of money to protect themselves from Republican challenges in 2010. New filings with the Federal Election Commission show U.S. Reps. Gary Peters and Mark Schauer have raised more than any other House member from Michigan in the three-month old election cycle.
In response to State Sen. Mickey Switalski’s intent to challenge him in the Democratic primary in 2012, Rep. Sander Levin has released a poll showing that at the present time he would crush Switalski in an election battle.
This is one of the most unexpected things I’ve heard in quite a while. State Sen. Mickey Switalski (D-Roseville) says he plans to challenge Rep. Sander Levin in the Democratic primary for his 12th district seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. A primary challenge to one of the most popular and longest-serving legislators in [...]
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