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The Michigan Messenger going forward

By Staff Report | 11.16.11

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 [...]

Colorado-based abstinence program provided false and misleading information to Michigan students

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.16.11

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.

Class action lawsuit filed against MERS over unpaid taxes

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.15.11

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.

Schuette fights important mercury regulations

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By Eartha Jane Melzer | 11.14.11

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.

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Obama, McCain: A tale of two Michigan campaign stops

By Alexa Stanard | 09.11.08 | 7:51 am

Two candidates, two distinctly different Detroit-area town hall events reveal major differences between the campaigns.

VIDEO: McCain and Palin revisit the RNC in Michigan

By Minehaha Forman | 09.06.08 | 5:58 pm

Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain and his VP pick, Gov. Sarah Palin, rode the Straight Talk Express into the Freedom Hill Amphitheatre in Sterling Heights Michigan on Friday evening to a crowd of more than 7,000 people.

VIDEO: McCain, Palin, and Jesus?

By Minehaha Forman | 09.05.08 | 11:20 pm

Religion permeated Friday’s McCain campaign event in ‘God’s country’

McCain and Palin relive national convention in Michigan

By Alexa Stanard | 09.05.08 | 9:47 pm

McCain tells audience: “I need to win the state of Michigan.”

VIDEO: Michigan voters don’t know much about Palin

By Minehaha Forman | 09.04.08 | 11:10 am

Michigan Messenger queried voters yesterday in Oakland Mall in Troy, Mich. about their opinions of Sen. John McCain’s VP pick Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.

Opportunity — and a possible minefield — in Obama’s Detroit visit

By Alexa Stanard | 06.11.08 | 11:42 am

Sen. Barack Obama’s visit to Detroit next Monday brings an opportunity to expand his support in this important electoral state while also creating a potential minefield in dealing with the city’s troubled mayor. On his third visit to the state in two months, Obama, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, will bring his economic message to [...]