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.
Just weeks before a crucial election, state Rep. Robert B. Jones (D-Kalamazoo) has died. He was 66. Jones had been battling esophageal cancer. Jones was a four term mayor of Kalamazoo before being elected to the state House in 2006. He was the Democratic nominee for the 20th Senate district, and was waging a spirited [...]
Ann Arbor businessman Rick Snyder outspent nearly all of his competitors, including the Democrats, in the primary by giving more than $6 million to his own campaign. AP reports:
One day after winning the primary and being chosen to be the Republican candidate for governor, Rick Snyder held a “peace conference” with his former rivals in the campaign, each of whom pledged to support him in his fight against Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero on the November ballot. The Detroit Free Press reports on the [...]
While an ambitious national plan to reduce new HIV infections by 25 percent by 2015 has generally garnered praise, advocates and lawmakers say the increased testing and access to anti-retroviral medications come at a high price tag at a time when states can least afford it.
Stateline.org has an article about a number of state Attorneys General who are running for higher office and the delicate line they must walk in doing their current job without appearing to be using that position to help their run for another office by boosting their visibility. The first part of the article focuses on [...]
Derek Wallbank, from the MinnPost.com, tells Michigan Messenger that Congressman Pete Hoekstra (R-Holland) has agreed to join the now forming ‘House Tea Party Caucus.’ Hoekstra, who is vying for the GOP nomination for governor, was hit with a negative advertisement Monday by rival Attorney General Mike Cox. That attack ad criticizes Hoekstra for missing what [...]
Attorney General Mike Cox has unleashed an ad criticizing Congressman Pete Hoekstra for missing votes on health care reform. The ad comes as polling shows Cox in a virtual dead heat in their race to win the Republican party nomination for governor. The ad attacks Hoekstra for missing many votes in the last year — [...]
Many HIV experts and advocates are applauding the nation’s first comprehensive National HIV/AIDS Strategy, issued on July 13 by the White House, because it calls for an end to state laws that criminalize the transmission of HIV.
Republican candidate for governor Rick Snyder released his tax returns and charitable contributions from 2007 and 2008 on Friday. In their joint filings, Snyder and his wife Sue paid $323,036 in 2007 and $189,069 in 2008 federal income tax on an adjusted gross income of $1,309,920 in 2007 and $1,169,028 in 2008. In those same [...]
The Obama administration on Tuesday released the nation’s first National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS). That strategy includes a call for state lawmakers to pass legislation preventing discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
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