No Labels is a nonprofit political organization founded in 2010 with one initial overriding goal: to get Congress working together across party lines to address America’s most pressing issues. Out of the group’s efforts, the Problem Solvers Caucus in the U.S. House was created and now ...

Government leaders should act with fiscal responsibility. And fiscal responsibility includes building up a budgetary cushion to be able to respond to emergencies and cover bills without having to borrow money and repay with interest. But governments, whose money belongs to and whose ...

Many businesses have some combination of a mission, a vision, and values (core values). Some have developed all three, while others have one or two of the three. A mission statement explains what the company does and why it exists. Ideally, it is what the business delivers every day. For ...

We know it’ll be hard for those of us who have to work, but we urge as many Alpena County residents as can make it to attend the Alpena County Board of Commissioners’ interviews with three finalists for the open county administrator position. The interviews begin at noon Friday at the ...

Growth is incredibly uncomfortable, and so worth the effort. If you’ve been reading my columns, over time you’ve come to know, when I face a new dilemma, I take a deep dive into available information. I need to sort it all out. Reading and listening to a wide variety of experts, ...

The Joe Biden administration recently announced $8.5 billion in subsidies to build Intel’s new semiconductor plants. It sounds like a terrific deal, as subsidies often do if you only listen to what politicians say when they are writing big checks to big companies. It secures good-paying ...