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.
Appearing as part of an Iowa bus tour launched by national religious conservatives, U.S. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter told Iowans Thursday that fiscal and social issues aren’t separable.
A recent survey from Public Policy Polling shows Rep. Thad McCotter (R-Livonia) has very little support in his long-shot run for president, even in his home state.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the debt limit deal reached by President Obama and the Republican leaders of both houses of Congress on Monday night by a surprisingly easy 269-161 vote. Passage in the Senate is virtually assured. Here’s how the Michigan delegation voted:
Rep. Thad McCotter signed a pledge this week saying if he is elected he will appoint cabinet members and judges who share his belief that abortion should be illegal in the United States.
As you are no doubt aware by now, the White House and Republican leaders in Congress struck a last minute deal on Friday night to avoid a government shutdown. The entire Michigan delegation voted for that compromise except for Reps. Justin Amash and Thad McCotter.
Despite spending much of the last year and a half declaring that the stimulus package failed to create any jobs or boost the economy, the Michigan Republican congressional delegation signed a letter to the Department of Energy seeking a significant portion of those funds for the state on the grounds that they would boost the [...]
The National Republican Congressional Committee is one of the primary fundraising tools for the GOP to provide support to vulnerable incumbents and challengers in key House districts, which is why the GOP requires every House Republican to raise between $100,000 and $400,000 for the committee, depending on their rank and position. But two GOP reps [...]
Rep. Thad McCotter (R-Livonia) is finding himself as the target of strong criticism from government watchdogs for giving a contract to a company owned by Saul Anuzis, former head of the Michigan Republican Party and the brother of his chief of staff, to do promotional work for a committee that McCotter intends to eliminate. Politico [...]
ThinkProgress points out that Rep. Pete Hoekstra, running to be governor of a state with a 13.6 percent unemployment rate, missed the last two votes in the House on the unemployment benefits extension bill because he’s attending fundraisers. Last night, while the House was voting to pass the bill, Hoekstra was at a country club [...]
U.S. Rep. Thad McCotter (R-Livonia) is known for being a colorful character who often uses sarcasm and humor to convey his point. But he may regret his latest quip, aimed at a bill in Congress that would provide $23 billion in funding to local schools to help them avoid teacher layoffs due to budget cuts [...]
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