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.
WASHINGTON — Health insurance companies, for decades exempt from federal anti-trust laws, are exploiting that privilege to churn profits at the expense of patients, a number of Senate Democrats charged Wednesday. The lawmakers — including U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) — want to repeal the exemption as part of broader efforts this year to overhaul the nation’s dysfunctional health care system.
“There is no reason why insurance companies should be allowed to form monopolies and dictate health choices,” Reid told the Senate Judiciary Committee.
WASHINGTON — A central element of the Democrats’ strategy to stabilize the economy — empowering homeowners to prevent foreclosures through bankruptcy — has hit a wall in the U.S. Senate, where fierce opposition from the finance industry is threatening to kill the proposal this week.
At the end of a press conference Friday to discuss federal loans to assist the ailing auto industry in Michigan, Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm was asked about Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Blagojevich was indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly trying sell the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by President-elect Barack Obama. Granholm said [...]
The Senate failed to get 60 votes to end debate and take a vote on the auto bailout passed by the House on Wednesday night. CNN reports:
It seems to me that Chris Matthews, in this clip from the MSNBC television show Hardball, is asking a legitimate question.
LANSING — In a session with bloggers from around the state this morning at the Michigan Policy Summit, U.S. Senator Carl Levin (D-Detroit), said he will be giving a speech about rising gas prices and the Democratic plan to address them. “We will be going after windfall profits and filling the petroleum reserve,” Levin said. [...]
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