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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 voter purging

Sec. of State loses on purged voters

By Eartha Jane Melzer | 10.30.08 | 9:59 pm

Court says risk of fraud is ‘miniscule’

Judge who ruled against Land is conservative Republican

By Ed Brayton | 10.13.08 | 4:29 pm

The ACLU won a key voting rights lawsuit today when U.S. District Judge Stephen Murphy ruled that the state of Michigan had illegally purged voters from the state’s central voter file based upon returned mail and on getting a driver’s license in another state. It should be noted that Murphy is a Republican, nominated by [...]

Terri Lynn Land’s office punches back at NYT, voter purge finding

By Todd Spencer | 10.10.08 | 6:34 am

State says it purged only a third of the voters the Gray Lady says it did in August. So how come the snapshots of the rolls the Times says it took are missing 22,000 names Land’s office says it didn’t purge?

NYT report: Michigan voter purging ‘appears illegal’

By Todd Spencer | 10.09.08 | 1:17 pm

Michigan Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land’s office did not respond to The New York Times, when it asked for comment and explanation for a story published today revealing that Michigan and Colorado “are removing voters from the rolls within 90 days of a federal election, which is not allowed except when voters die, notify [...]

Lawsuit says Michigan is violating Motor-Voter law

By Ed Brayton | 09.18.08 | 4:23 pm

Two voter-removal programs run by Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land may violate federal law and may deny many Michigan citizens the right to vote