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.
As potential challenger after potential challenger decides against challenging her in 2012, Sen. Debbie Stabenow raised $1.5 million in the second quarter of the year and has $4 million on hand for next year’s senatorial election.
Yet another prominent Republican has taken himself out of the 2012 race against Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow. Saul Anuzis, former head of the Michigan Republican Party, announced Sunday that he would not challenge Stabenow despite showing interest in a possibly candidacy.
Former Michigan Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land on Thursday became the latest high-profile politician to publicly consider running against Sen. Debbie Stabenow next year and then decide against it.
Sen. Debbie Stabenow has her first official challenger of the 2012 election: Randy Hekman, a former state judge and founder of the Michigan Family Forum, an affiliate of the religious right group Focus on the Family.
Sen. Debbie Stabenow’s seat in the U.S. Senate is looking like a key battle for control of Congress in the 2012 election. After defeating pols in similar situations in 2010, the GOP is targeting that seat in the next campaign:
Sen. Debbie Stabenow has another potential challenger for her seat. First it was Saul Anuzis, former chair of the Michigan Republican Party; now it’s former Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land who says she may run in 2012:
Just 45 percent of Michigan’s registered voters cast votes in yesterday’s election according to Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land. Land had earlier predicted that 52 percent or 3.8 million of Michigan’s 7.28 million registered voters would go to the polls.
Democratic nominee for Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is raising concerns about GOP opponent Ruth Johnon’s fundraising after Johnson received a large donation from Meijer, the corporation that was hit with the largest fine ever given in the state of Michigan for election law violations.
Under an agreement reached in federal court the Michigan Secretary of State will allow the Michigan Chamber of Commerce and other corporations and labor unions to pool funds for spending on political action committees as long as payments are not connected to campaigns for political office, the Grand Rapids Press reports.
Term-limited Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land, a longtime Republican activist and former Kent County Clerk, has endorsed state Sen. Cameron Brown (R-Sturgis) to be her successor, stating that he would bring dignity and respect to the office. The Detroit Free Press reports that Land’s endorsement could give Brown a leg up against State Sen. [...]
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