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.
Public defender systems around the nation are not in good shape, but Michigan’s system is so underfunded and unguided that one study earlier this year called it a “constitutional crisis.” Michigan’s cases of failed public legal representation are so shocking that they caught the attention of U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. In a speech to [...]
I have to admit, I was pretty proud Monday morning when I saw the Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden talking about news that Michigan Messenger broke. I also felt pretty good when I found out Michael Moore linked to the video I shot of a protest at the McCain headquarters on Friday. He quoted a [...]
Within moments of the finish of the acceptance speech by Republican VP nominee Sarah Palin last night, the Associated Press published a point-by-point refutation of claims made by Palin and others at the GOP convention.
Flanked by union heavyweights like Teamsters President James P. Hoffa and United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger, Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama addressed a crowd of more than 10,000 at Detroit’s riverfront square, Hart Plaza, on Labor Day morning.
Good evening. At 4 p.m. today, I issued an executive directive to the members of my Cabinet who manage the departments of state government. It instructs them to begin taking the steps necessary to shut down all non-essential state government operations at midnight this Sunday, September 30, when our new fiscal year begins. The Constitution [...]
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