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.
Republican Mike Nofs and Democrat Marty Griffin will face each other on the Nov. 3 ballot to fill the state senate seat vacated by Mark Schauer earlier this year. Democrat Schauer beat out Republican Tim Walberg to become the new congressman from the 7th District.
Bay City Mayor Charles Brunner announced Friday he will seek to replace Rep. Jeff Mayes, D-Bay City. Mayes is term limited out. A story in the Friday Bay City Times online reports the first term mayor made the announcement at the American Legion Post. The 96th District covers the lower half of Bay County.
LANSING — Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox, a candidate for governor, on Wednesday announced he was backing legislation to create an independent auditor to seek out and eliminate fraud in the state’s Medicaid and Medicare rolls. Cox said the state could save millions, according to the Detroit Free Press. Cox pointed to a similar program [...]
After a significant increase in reported bias crimes and related incidents in 2007, Michigan has reported a decrease in reported incidents for 2008. In 2007, the Detroit-based Triangle Foundation, a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights organization which tracks hate-motivated crimes targeting the LGBT community, reported a 133-percent increase in such incidents. Last year, the [...]
State Rep. Alma Wheeler Smith formally announced Monday she is seeking the nod of the Democratic Party to become Michigan’s next governor. The lawmaker from Washtenaw County’s Salem Township made an unsuccessful run for the governorship in 2001, making her the first African-American to run for the highest elected office in Michigan.
LANSING — Gov. Jennifer Granholm announced this morning she has appointed a financial review team to scour the finance records of the troubled city of Ecorse, one of Detroit’s Downriver suburbs. The step could lead to the appointment of a financial manager for the city, in short a state take over of the city’s finances [...]
The Democrat-led House passed a bill yesterday intended to keep voters who are dealing with home foreclosure from being challenged at the polls.
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