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.
After attending Hillary Clinton’s keynote address last night at the Democratic National Convention, it’s obvious that she casts a spell over her supporters. As she spoke, I saw a young woman, white and late 20s, absolutely beam, as if in a trance or on ecstasy at a warehouse party.
Our sister site The Colorado Independent files this report about a possible would-be plot by two men arrested today in suburban Denver, one with a sniper rifle.
Two polls, one by the Detroit News and one by the Detroit Free Press, show conflicting results in the race for Michigan’s electoral votes for president. The Detroit Free Press poll showed Obama with a 7-point lead, while the Detroit News poll showed Obama with a much smaller 2-point lead. Both polls were of 600 [...]
Left Traverse City very early this morning on a tiny jet that seats about 60 for Denver. When I learned that I had a direct flight (wow!), I imagined United Airlines setting up a huge airliner to carry everyone from northern Michigan to the Democratic National Convention this weekend.
The Center for Responsive Politics reports that Barack Obama is getting six times as much support from American military personnel serving overseas than John McCain. Interestingly, even Ron Paul, who was staunchly opposed to the Iraq war, has gotten 4 1/2 times the contributions from overseas soldiers than McCain has.
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