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.
Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero introduced his 2012 city budget to the Lansing City Council last night. The budget includes an estimated $20 million deficit caused by declining property values and proposed cuts in state revenue sharing.
The policies advocated by Gov. Rick Snyder in his first three months in office have been so unpopular that if the election were held today, a new poll shows that he would lose to Virg Bernero rather than win the landslide he did last November.
Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero was at the Capitol Wednesday, joining thousands of union members and retirees to protest Governor Snyder’s budget proposal and promote collective bargaining rights for unions.
The Lansing City Council capped months of debate and division by voting unanimously Monday night to freeze the approval of new medical marijuana dispensaries until July 1, 2011.
Michigan Speaker of the House Andy Dillon is expected to be announced as Gov.-elect Rick Snyder’s pick to be State Treasurer, reports WLNS. Dillon, a conservative Democrat from Redford Township, had an unsuccessful bid to become the gubernatorial candidate for the Democratic party this year. He was beaten by Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero, who is [...]
With “tsunami” being the buzzword of the night both nationally and in Michigan, Republicans swept the statewide races and reversed the Democratic hold on the state House of Representatives as well in a performance that managed to exceed even the heightened expectations that had built up.
Democratic candidate for governor Virg Bernero highlighted what he called unfair mortgage foreclosure practices at a press conference with Holt resident Bill Krieger. Krieger, who is a captain in the National Guard, received a letter from JP Morgan Chase notifying him that he was facing foreclosure. The problem? Krieger had never missed a payment.
Michigan voters go to the polls today in what is widely viewed as an extremely important election that could have far-reaching effects on policy and society both in this state and around the nation.
A poll of 600 likely voters released Sunday by EPIC-MRA found that a majority of Michigan residents support both the “Pure Michigan” advertising campaign and the state’s film incentives program, reports the Associated Press. The poll found that 67 percent of the likely voters supported the advertising campaign, while 58 percent supported the film incentives. [...]
Susan Demas of the Center for Michigan spoke to the campaigns of Democrat Virg Bernero and Republican Rick Snyder to get their ideas on how to fix Michigan’s systemic problem of yearly budget deficits, compiling the results into a special report. The bottom line: Neither candidate has any serious proposals for fixing the problem. When [...]
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