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Editorials

DNR: Like spring, fire season could start early this year

After a mild winter with little snow and last year’s hot, dry conditions, Michigan Department of Natural Resources firefighters are preparing for an early fire season. In fact, firefighters have already responded to several wildfires this year, and in 2023 they dealt with nearly 400 ...

How your tax matters

People skeptical of government overreach often look at a policy proposal and ask whether it reduces the amount of money the government has. If so, then it limits the government’s power and is a good idea. Would that it were so simple. It is good to have a healthy suspicion about public ...

School safety bills deserve hearing

Michigan is not doing enough to prepare for and prevent another school shooting despite a bipartisan school safety bill package lingering in the Legislature now for more than a year. It’s been two-and-a-half years since the shooting at Oxford High School that left four students dead, and ...

Court action needed to break no-fault no-fix logjam

We wonder how the members of our Michigan House of Representatives can sleep at night. Thanks to their inaction, Senate Bills 530, 531 and 575 are languishing in the state House Committee on Insurance and Financial Services. Radio reports from Michigan Public in Ann Arbor said recently that ...

Public deserves meeting on region’s postal changes

It’s now been almost a month since the U.S. Postal Service canceled a public input meeting about possible plans to convert its processing and distribution facility in Kingsford into a local processing center. That session originally was set for 3 p.m. Feb. 8 at the National Guard Armory in ...

Officially the winter that wasn’t in the UP

Bouquet/Barb: This weird winter has wreaked havoc on the annual pleasures and activities the Upper Peninsula developed to get through the usual cold, snowy months. The UP200 and the CopperDog dog sled races were canceled for lack of snow, though Marquette did have a Festival of the Sled Dog ...