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.
DEWITT — Six of the men vying for the Republican nomination to challenge Sen. Debbie Stabenow in 2012 squared off Thursday in DeWitt at a Tea Party-sponsored forum and came out in favor of abolishing numerous federal agencies.
Freshman Congressman Justin Amash (R-Cascade Twp.) says the nation’s capitol is even more dysfunctional that the state’s capitol.
The Institute for Research and Education and Human Rights has a report on the Tea Party group FreedomWorks, led by Dick Armey, and their increasing association with the John Birch Society.
A crowd estimated to be between 1000 and 1500 people gathered in Lansing Tuesday to rally, protest and lobby against a series of GOP bills which they say would erode organized labor’s influence in Michigan.
LANSING — Across the Midwest, from Madison to Columbus, organized labor is rallying against legislative and executive moves they say will undermine the ability of workers to organize and bargain collectively. And Michigan is staring down the barrel of very similar questions, debates and legislation.
Congressman Tim Walberg (R-Tipton) led the fight on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives to cut $20 million from the Nation Endowment for the Arts on Thursday.
A budget proposal introduced by Congressional Republicans last week would end federal funding for Community Health Centers, and that, experts say, would devastate a key program that provides access to health care for thousands of Michigan residents.
Firebrand Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minnesota) will be in Michigan Tuesday stumping for Robert “Bobby” Schostak and his bid to become the Michigan Republican Party’s new chair. Schostak has the backing of Gov.-elect Rick Snyder and has served in the post as the finance chair of the party.
The race to replace outgoing Michigan Republican Party Chair Ron Weiser is underway, reports the Detroit News. The selection of a new chair will take place at a convention in January or February. Governor-elect Rick Snyder has not yet endorsed a candidate, and no formal candidates are in place. However the rumor mill is operating [...]
If Independent candidate Glenn Wilson garners enough votes to be an important factor in the tight Dist. 1 Congressional race, it may be in part due to an Internet advertising campaign with unknown backers.
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