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Letters to the Editor

IM missing out on expansions

I am more than a little curious — in my travels around the U.P., I notice that economic expansion is exploding in Marquette, also Escanaba and, to a lesser extent, Houghton. Not so with Iron Mountain/Kingsford. Here, we seem to be going backwards. Kmart, Sears, J.C. Penney, Shopko, ...

Second chances deserve support

The goal of incarceration and community supervision has been redefined. The primary purpose used to be incapacitating a person convicted of a crime until their sentence was complete, an approach that inevitably led to high recidivism rates and wasted taxpayer dollars. But today, leaders ...

Wisconsin schools need more help from the state

An open letter sent Monday to Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers — Dear Sir: Good morning! I come before you, and those I have listed below, with an open letter of concern. Today, is the day before the Goodman-Armstrong Creek Community will hold a referendum for our school. This will be the ...

‘Celebrating’ Equal Pay Day

Tuesday, April 2, is the day we “celebrate” when the typical woman working full time in the United States catches up to what a white man was paid the previous year. That’s right, according to national figures from 2017, making 80 cents to a man’s dollar means women must work three extra ...

Action needed on climate change

“Follow the money,” said “Deep Throat” in 1972, talking about the Watergate coverup. In 1959, cigarette manufacturers learned from their own scientists that there was a connection between smoking and cancer. This would hurt their bottom line. The response was to begin a disinformation ...

Goodman-AC school needs voters’ support

EDITOR: I am writing this to ask the citizens of Armstrong Creek and Goodman to vote for keeping our children and our school in our community. (Editor’s note: The district has a referendum on Tuesday’s ballot for up to $750,000 a year over three years, to replace a $550,000 referendum ...