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Bachmann’s Michigan visit a prelude to a presidential bid?

By Todd A. Heywood | 12.29.10 | 2:02 pm

Rep. Michele Bachmann was in Michigan on Tuesday to stump for Robert ‘Bobby’ Schostak in his bid to become the chair of the Michigan Republican Party. Bachmann is the chair of the Tea Party Caucus in the House and was recently appointed to the House Intelligence Committee, which will be chaired by Michigan Republican Mike Rogers (R-Brighton).

Rep. Michele Bachmann chairs the House Tea Party Caucus

Bachmann to stump for insider choice to lead Michigan GOP

By Todd A. Heywood | 12.28.10 | 11:25 am

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minnesota) will be in Michigan Tuesday stumping for Robert “Bobby” Schostak in his bid to become the Michigan Republican Party’s new chair. Schostak has the backing of Gov.-elect Rick Snyder and is a considered a political insider, which may explain why he’s said to be courting Tea Party support.

Center for Public Integrity salutes MnIndy parent and The UpTake

By Paul Schmelzer | 12.31.08 | 11:01 am

The Washington, D.C.–based Center for Public Integrity salutes MnIndy’s parent nonprofit, the Center for Independent Media, and the Minneapolis-based citizen videoblogging outlet The UpTake in its “Top 10 Website of 2008″ list today. Citing media “from projects to blogs to websites that help keep our country transparent,” the investigative journalism organization named the entire six-site CIM network, but specifically applauded our sister site in Michigan.

AP: Michigan GOP to sue Michigan Messenger over foreclosed voter story

By admin | 10.02.08 | 3:04 pm

The Associated Press is reporting that James Carabelli, the chair of the Macomb County Republican party, is suing the Michigan Messenger and its parent organization, the non-profit Center for Independent Media, over the Messenger’s report last…

MN GOP denies plans to challenge voters using foreclosure lists

By Paul Demko | 09.22.08 | 3:14 pm

The Minnesota Republican Party has no plans to use lists of recent home foreclosures to challenge voters on election day, according to party officials. Earlier this month, our sister site, the Michigan Messenger, reported that local Republican party officials intended to utilize such lists in order to strike voters from the rolls. “We will have a list of foreclosed homes and will make sure people aren’t voting from those addresses,” James Carabelli, chairman of the Republican Party in Macomb County, Michigan, told reporter Eartha Jane Melzer.

Obama campaign files suit over GOP plan to strike foreclosure victims from voter rolls

By Paul Demko | 09.16.08 | 3:52 pm

The Obama campaign and the Democratic National Committee have filed a lawsuit in federal court over the Michigan Republican Party’s plan to use foreclosure lists to challenge voters at the polls, as first reported by our sister site…

Congressional committee probes killing of Great Lakes cancer report

By Robin Marty | 02.13.08 | 11:56 am

By Eartha Jane Melzer at our sister site, The Michigan Messenger

The U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology is investigating allegations that the nation’s top public-health agency has blocked publication of a study…

Contractor made millions claiming Army stripes

By Paul Schmelzer | 01.17.08 | 1:24 pm

A private security firm that has been raking in government contracts in Iraq and got $10 million in tax abatements to set up shop in Michigan is headed by a CEO who appears to

Around the CIM — Caucus Fracus Edition

By Robin Marty | 10.10.07 | 10:45 am

The Caucus Fracas is getting more confusing every day, and once more the Center For Independent Media websites have the latest.

From Michigan Messenger we see the battle with Iowa is getting heated, as many of the Democratic…

Around the Center for Independent Media

By Robin Marty | 10.02.07 | 4:40 pm

From Iowa Independent, Fred Thompson visits the Iowa Christian Alliance Annual dinner.

Meanwhile, Michigan Messenger reports from the GOP presidential forum on Mackinaw Island.  Coverage of the event can be found here, here, and here.

And…