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Editorials

MDE notes progress on funding for children’s mental health in state

Bouquet: America’s Safe Schools Week, which starts Monday and extends through Friday, aims to raise awareness among schools and communities about creating safe and positive educational environments for students and staff. “Improving the health, safety, and wellness of students is Goal 3 ...

UPPCO issues scam warning after deadly incident downstate

It seems that every week brings a report of a new scam. The latest, however, has a more chilling turn than most. Upper Peninsula Power Company, or UPPCO, issued a warning this week about scammers pretending to represent utility companies. It comes after an incident downstate in Oakland ...

A lack of trust in absentee voting

You reap what you sow. Especially if you dump on a lot of fertilizer. Critics of the Michigan Republican Party claim the party poohbahs are recovering from a recent flip-flop of pretzel-like proportions, as they are now — in bold letters on a mailer — reassuring their legions that it is ...

More students taking career, technical education courses

A growing number of Michigan students are enrolling in career and technical education programs. Because of this, Michigan Department of Education officials are seeking additional legislative support for expanding the programs, which prepare students for careers in areas ranging from ...

Taking a week to note the importance of forest products

Sunday starts Forest Products Week, highlighting all the good things that come from well-managed woodlands. The week “recognizes the people who work in and care for our forests, the industry workers who make the forest products depend on and the many ways forest products contribute to ...

Fumee riders should be able to clean up after their horses

Bouquet/Barb: I am writing in response to the article on the front page of the Sept. 25 Daily News (“Fumee stays multi-use, hassles aside”) on the subject of the multi-use designation at Fumee Lake Natural Area in Quinnesec. My friend, age 71, and myself, age 69, rode our horses on the ...