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Letters to the Editor

Let’s save those aluminum tabs

EDITOR: Those little aluminum tabs. You say I should save them? Here’s a good reason: Since 2000, recycling these little tabs has generated $400,000 for the Ronald McDonald House in Milwaukee, Wis. Revenue from recycling these tabs helps keep families near their children who are receiving ...

A hidden threat to midterm election

EDITOR: Many people are aware of the alleged election issues from the 2020 elections and the various legislative proposals in response. However, there is a much more impactful and larger voting rights issue that looms large. The production and distribution of ballots and related election ...

Little to admire in Bergman’s voting record

U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman showed up at a gathering honoring the outstanding U.P. gold medalist Nick Baumgartner. Nick’s “sisu” and encouragement of Iron County kids are admirable. What Congressman Bergman has been up to lately is not. Bergman voted against the Global Respect Act that ...

Do you believe in magic?

EDITOR: How many Americans voted for 7% inflation? Raise your hand and hang your head. If you were duped into believing the vaccines would stop you from getting COVID-19 or from spreading it, go to the gas station and spend double what you were spending to fill up your gas tank … if you ...

‘Hail Mary’ for health care

Recently, I found myself in a quandary. My husband and I qualify for Marketplace Insurance, but our three children qualify for Medicaid. Common sense would assume that one would have the choice between Medicaid and subsidized Marketplace Insurance. However, the reality in Michigan is that the ...

Stonewalling the science

The Michigan DNR Fisheries Division made a significant change to the statewide northern pike minimum size limit in 1993. Since that time the DNR has not completed any comprehensive evaluation of this major minimum size limit change. Due to numerous complaints from pike anglers and at the ...