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.
People who haven’t voted in six years or have received drivers licenses in other states will be subject to extra scrutiny under a package of Republican election reforms introduced this week.
Since the 2000 presidential election — in which a highly controversial Florida ballot recount was supervised by an overtly partisan Secretary of State — there has been increasing focus on the risks of partisan election administration.
If you want to vote in the Aug. 4 primaries this summer, you have to be registered to vote today. Many Michigan communities — including Detroit and Lansing — are holding primaries for mayoral and city council elections. To register to vote you must be at least 18 years old on Aug. 4. To find [...]
A bill that would allow people to vote in person on the Friday, Saturday and Monday before Election Day passed the state house today. If the bill passes the state senate and is signed into law, Michigan will join 31 states that already allow some form of early voting.
If you’re like a lot of voters out there, you’re concerned that you might not be allowed to vote due to some red tape or some partisan challenge at the polls, or that your cast vote might not count due to some dirty tricks by partisan hackers or electronic vote tabulator error.
Rachel Maddow had an excellent riff on her show this weekend about long lines to vote and the fact that this is, in essence, a poll tax.
Republican Senate Majority leader Mike Bishop called a county clerk effort to help student voters “illegal” and is asking the Attorney General’s office to determine if it should be blocked, the Grand Rapids Press reports.
The Obama campaign has long maintained that their voter registration and get out the vote programs were going to result in record turnout by Democrats in this campaign. If the results of the first few days in the states that allow early voting are any indication, they’re right. The New York Times reports on the [...]
Prepares to monitor Tuesday’s primary in two counties, the general in November
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