“Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.” — Dr. Seuss When I worked in personnel at Besser, my mentor, Feeney Krueger, instilled in me a habit that has been with me since — check the daily obituaries. On the surface that seems a bit morbid, but ...

At the time I’m writing this column, we don’t yet know the official results of Tuesday’s general election. But what we do know is that the Michigan Legislature’s lame-duck legislative session is coming, no matter the election’s outcome. For those who are unfamiliar, “lame ...

We intentionally write this hours before polls close in Michigan, because our message is the same regardless of the outcome of Tuesday’s presidential, congressional, statehouse, and local races: It’s time we move on together. As Americans. As Michiganders. As Northeast ...

Voters here in Michigan have a significant decision to make today at the ballot box. Don’t let your voice go unheard, as the state is a key battleground in the 2024 presidential election. Consider: Donald Trump finished his campaigning on Monday with a rally in Grand Rapids. His vice ...

You can’t count the times that some career politician — which the good government crowd believes is not a dirty word — has sat in that TV interview chair and at some point lamented about the personal family sacrifices one has to make to meet the all-time-consuming assignment of serving ...

We’ve said it many times before and we’ll say it many times again: Democracy works best when everybody’s involved. Who leads our governments, the taxes we pay, whether Alpena Power Co. can install infrastructure on public right-of-ways, all of that is supposed to be answered by the ...