Donald Trump accomplishments: 2.9 million jobs lost (allowing for COVID-19). Trade deficit grew by 40.5%. Dairy farmers went belly up. People without health insurance grew by 3 million. Federal debt rose from $14.4 trillion to $21.6 trillion (great job, Don). Annual deficits rose from ...

I’m writing about the county Board of Commissioners putting the tax increase on the ballot. It is not the people’s fault that the county is broke (due to poor decision making). The commissioners gave raises and have been helping out Northern Lights when it was voted 25 years ago for them ...

Recently, the State of Michigan passed the 2025 budget for our state and among the variety of actions that this budget funded was support for a dream. That dream makes possible FREE community college education. As an educator that started his college experience in a community college and for ...

Dear Editor: IN CASE YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN … This past week, on a personal podcast, a political party offered monies to support candidates for the school board election in November. The source of that funding is the same source as from the last school board election. We all know the results ...

Preparing our children for their futures is a responsibility that falls on us as parents. From the time they are born, as they grow into toddlers, teens, to adults. We must instill in them that the real world is competitive and that they must be prepared to stand out. However, the prevailing ...

Dear Editor, I am writing to express my concern regarding The Alpena News’s lack of coverage of recent political events, specifically the glaring disparity in coverage between the Democratic National Convention and the small gatherings held by Donald Trump. The Democratic convention on ...