Sewer rates Alpena recently recommended charging Alpena Township are fair and reasonable, 26th Circuit Court Judge Ed Black ruled this week. That’s progress, if both sides let Black’s ruling stand and do not appeal to a higher court. City and township officials should let the ruling ...

As I was writing my opening line “What is hope if not the decision to shine light into the dark,” my son read the paragraph and wrote his own. “Hope is a dancer at the strip club in Detroit.” I might have been mad if I stopped laughing. This is an important part of family life. We ...

It’s election season, and that means we’re hearing politicians talk about “kitchen table issues” to convince us they’re the best choice to represent us in Washington, D.C. The candidates vying for your vote in November should remember the most basic of “kitchen table” issues: ...

Starting Saturday and through Nov. 3, most Northeast Michiganders can head to the polls to vote in person at early voting locations. Residents of Alpena and Alpena Township can vote early at the Alpena Township Hall, 4385 U.S.-23 N. Rogers City voters can head to Rogers City City Hall, 193 E. ...

It’s not an original thought by any means, but it is true nonetheless: Michigan’s grassroots relationship with the domestic auto industry over the years has been the proverbial blessing, but sometimes a curse, as well. And part of the curse came from what foreign countries did to the Big ...

Michiganders have no way of knowing precisely who’s trying to influence their lawmakers or how much they’re spending to do so because of numerous weaknesses in the state’s lobbying disclosure requirements, according to a blockbuster investigation by Eye on Michigan published in the last ...