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By Tim Skubick

Candidates share ‘mom’ messages

Candidates for office are always scratching around for some way to connect with voters who may or may not have anything in common with the candidate per se. Politicans want to avoid at all cost the impression that he or she is “out of touch” with the citizens they need to get into office. 08/28/2024 10:35 PM

A column by Alan Campbell

Step up to help veterans with hall

She’s a tired, old building. She needs help. 08/21/2024 09:15 PM

By Tim Skubick

Dixon considering run in 2026

If you voted for the losing candidate for governor in 2022, you might want to start looking for those Tudor Dixon yard signs stuffed out there in the garage some place. As you are about to read for the first time, she could run again in 2026. 08/21/2024 09:15 PM

A column by Brian Freiberger

Take a breathe, still some summer ahead

It’s about that time of year where we are looking ahead to fall. But for me I hate hearing the “F” word because I love summer and events it brings to the peninsula all too much. 08/14/2024 04:33 PM

By Tim Skubick

An era of political violence

Mom was up at the crack of dawn on Election Day. Not because she wanted to be first in line to vote, but she had a more compelling reason. As captain of the team of volunteer poll workers, she needed to be at city hall, just across the street, before the voters started pouring in at 7 a.m. And always a stickler for details, mom wanted everything ship shape before the most important day of our democracy began. 08/14/2024 04:33 PM

A column by Zachary Marano

Reporter, grandma bond over scam attempt

A couple weeks ago now, I drove down to southeast Michigan to join my family in celebrating grandma’s 85th birthday. Reconnecting with family helped me keep things in perspective despite recent happenings in local, national, and international news. 08/08/2024 06:09 AM

A column by Meakalia Previch-Liu

Teacher assistants help in all ways, always

It’s hard to believe that August is already here, but here we are once again, with autumn just around the corner and the start of school quickly approaching for many families. We recently wrapped up one of our latest special sections at the paper focused on “helping hands,” in which all staff writers got to highlight different people eager to help in our community. 07/31/2024 06:36 PM

By Tim Skubick

Whitmer ‘not prepared’ to seek national office

This can not be confirmed but that likely huge sigh of relief heard in our town a week ago Monday, emanated from the executive residence where the First Gentleman must have been counting his lucky stars. 07/31/2024 06:36 PM

A column by John Elchert

Democracy needs journalism

That headline is on the bottom of all emails from friend and Michigan Press Association Public Affairs Manager Lisa McGraw. It is a constant reminder of the important responsibility that newspapers must keep in mind and strive to fulfill. 07/24/2024 03:46 PM

By Tim Skubick

‘Too many cooks …ruin the sauce’

Without a doubt the most important duty state lawmakers have is to ride herd on the state budget with oodles of your money in play...$83 billion oodles in fact. With 148 legislators in the house and senate, not everyone has a direct hands-on assignment under the heading, “too many cooks could ruin the sauce.” The heavy lifting, instead, goes to the 19 senators and 29 house members who reside on the appropriations committees. 07/24/2024 03:46 PM

A column by Amy Hubbell

Local cherry growers need help

Times are tough for your neighborhood cherry growers. Farmers whose families are dependent upon the fruit for their livelihoods get up and go to work each day knowing they may or may not get money from their harvest. 07/17/2024 05:06 PM

By Tim Skubick

Benson eyeing governor’s seat?

Usually in this town, there is one major state capitol news development each week that warrants a deeper dive via an extended column in this news hole. Not this week. 07/17/2024 05:06 PM

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