Michigan’s Crime Victim Compensation program will be more widely available to crime victims and their family members thanks to legislative changes that went into effect Saturday. Expansions to Crime Victim Compensation were signed last year by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to broaden program ...

Ohio voters rejected a measure that would have made it tougher to amend the state’s constitution. The proposal carried the baggage of being a backdoor attempt to restrict abortion rights and make gun regulation harder to enact through ballot initiatives. Strip away that hidden agenda, ...

The end of summer is traditionally marked by the Labor Day holiday and is a time for friends and families to enjoy backyard barbecues and late summer road trips. Sadly, the Labor Day holiday weekend is also one of the deadliest times of the year in terms of impaired-driving fatalities, ...

U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Lansing, visited the future regional behavioral health campus Tuesday to see current construction and discuss funding. Stabenow said the Great Lakes Recovery Centers is doing “wonderful work” for the community — and we agree wholeheartedly with that ...

Fair season has again arrived in the region. Iron County, as usual, gets things started today in Iron River. Their 131st-annual event — dating back to 1892, which is impressive — extends through Sunday. On Monday, the U.P. State Fair kicks off in Escanaba, extending through Sunday, Aug. ...

Michigan just closed on next year’s budget. A record $81.7 billion spending plan that grows state government by 6.2% and spends down the $9 billion surplus. This can only be described as a luxury budget, larded up with nearly $1 billion in pork, most of which will go to constituencies ...