Our legal system is supposed to ensure justice for all. Families facing eviction, however, are often at a dramatic disadvantage compared to their landlords. The Michigan League for Public Policy’s new brief highlights opportunities for our state to improve fairness in the legal system ...
Alpena residents have until Dec. 16 to tell the Alpena Municipal Council what they’d like to see happen with the property where Decorative Panels International once operated. The factory closed in February and laid off more than 150 employees, and the property along the shores of Thunder ...
The exchange began with a simple enough question: “How does Gov. Pete sound to you?” But, for the next couple of minutes, the answer to that question and some pointed follow-ups were anything but simple. Here for the first time, you’ll read what appears to be the first comments by ...
Dear state House Speaker Joe Tate, D-Detroit, and state Rep. Tullio Liberati, D-Allen Park, chair of the state House Government Operations Committee — It seems you have the votes. Bipartisan votes, in fact. In the Detroit News over the weekend, both state House Republican leader Matt ...
During the Christmas and Hanukkah holiday season, time is filled with day-to-day work and family activities, shopping, social and religious gatherings, as well as dozens of other “time-eating” tasks and functions. A great way to break away from such hubbub is to enjoy a classic ...
As reported in a recent News story, All Saints Catholic Schools is working to build its robotics program, with a winning fifth-grade team and a hopeful middle school team preparing for the first round of competition. Several other Northeast Michigan schools — and, indeed, schools around the ...