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The Michigan Messenger going forward

By Staff Report | 11.16.11

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 [...]

Colorado-based abstinence program provided false and misleading information to Michigan students

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.16.11

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.

Class action lawsuit filed against MERS over unpaid taxes

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.15.11

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.

Schuette fights important mercury regulations

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By Eartha Jane Melzer | 11.14.11

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.

Posts Tagged vote suppression

Secretary of state bans cameras at the polls, threatens legal action against independent observers

By Eartha Jane Melzer | 11.03.08 | 1:12 pm

Election monitors accuse Land of acting against transparency of election

Clerks defy Attorney General Cox on student voting

By Eartha Jane Melzer | 10.30.08 | 9:56 am

Local officials reaffirm support for procedures Republican AG calls illegal

Republicans attempt to stop early voting in heavily Democratic Indiana county

By Mark Maynard | 10.24.08 | 11:46 am

Early voting began Oct. 6 in Indiana for voters with disabilities, voters who are 65 years old or older, and voters who cannot make it to the polls due to work, injury or religious discipline. Early voting centers have been particularly busy in the Democratic stronghold of Lake County. Republicans, citing the potential for voter fraud, failed [...]

The BBC looks into voter suppression in Michigan

By Mark Maynard | 10.16.08 | 3:09 pm

It, of course, isn’t something that our mainstream press would talk about here in the United States, but the BBC TV program Newsnight recently ran an investigative report by Greg Palast on the likelihood that our upcoming election is going to be stolen. The report includes the following quote from Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Judge: Michigan voter purge is illegal

By Eartha Jane Melzer | 10.13.08 | 3:43 pm

Michigan voters purged from rolls because their registration cards came back as ‘undeliverable’ must be reinstated, according to injunction

AG’s office learned of Land’s ‘vote fraud’ concerns by reading newspaper

By Eartha Jane Melzer | 09.26.08 | 4:06 pm

A spokesman for the Michigan Attorney General’s Office told The Michigan Messenger today that his office learned of Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land’s concern about fraudulent voter registration applications by reading the newspaper. “She did not refer any cases to us for prosecution,” spokesman John Sellek said. “We have asked the Secretary of State’s [...]