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Editorials and columns

We have to tackle drugs

Two women are dead, and, like so many stories with unhappy endings, drugs may be the ultimate cause. Brad Srebnik and Joshua Wirgau were last week bound over to 26th Circuit Court for trial in the deaths of Brynn Bills, 17, and Abby Hill, 31. The men have pleaded not guilty and defense ...

If the ‘free rider’ is a problem for unions, why don’t they solve it?

Democrats targeted Michigan’s decade-old right-to-work law immediately after taking control of the Legislature in January. When the question of whether workers can be fired for not paying a union came up, many of the points being made by unions and their Democratic allies were disingenuous. ...

Help the robotics team get to worlds

Alpena High School’s Underwater Research Robotics team has the chance to compete against other robotics team from Turkey, Japan, Ethiopia, and elsewhere at the world championships in Longmont, Colorado from June 21 to 24. The team won the Ranger category in the Marine Advanced Technology ...

Tax hike for schools pondered

Buckle up. This could be a bumpy ride. Back in 1994, when lawmakers eliminated the property tax for funding schools, they were desperate to find a new tax to pay for your kids’ education. Rather than vote on one by themselves — and, remember, lawmakers are loath to raise taxes — ...

Thank a firefighter by avoiding burning

Our firefighters are heroes. They save lives. They save property. And not just in their communities. American communities have sent scores of firefighters to Canada to help battle the serious wildfires happening there. And firefighters routinely travel within the state and within the ...

Who decides which speech is free?

“To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.” — G.K. Chesterton U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan’s Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government is now going after academics who’ve studied misinformation and disinformation. Per the ...