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.
The House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties and the Subcommittee on Elections are holding a joint hearing this morning on federal, state and local efforts to prepare for the 2008 Election. You can watch live via webcast (using RealPlayer’s free software) as government officials, election law experts and civil [...]
Give the conservative talk show host Frank Beckmann credit for having Michigan Messenger on the air Tuesday to discuss reporter Eartha Melzer’s report on Republican Party plans to use foreclosure lists in challenging voters on Election Day. We may often disagree with WJR-Detroit‘s local morning radio host but he held a feisty but fair discussion featuring Michigan-based Melzer and our Washington D.C.-based [...]
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