EDITOR: Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin has stopped accepting Michigan’s Upper Peninsula Health Plan (Medicaid.) What this means for U.P. kids on UPHP who need pediatric services is a 22 hour round trip car trip to lower Michigan to receive care instead of two hours away in Appleton. ...

EDITOR: Sadly, it didn’t take long to see a demonstration of the impotence of Governor Whitmer’s gun storage law. A two-year-old child was killed through the negligence of her father (law or not) regarding access to a loaded firearm. Two articles in the Daily Press and other sources ...

EDITOR: The Daily Press recently republished a Traverse City Record Eagle editorial titled, “Jail diversion correct the systems.” Diversion programs are more successful and less costly to taxpayers than jail and prison. Delta County is missing some diversion options that some other ...

EDITOR: Michigan’s new clean energy legislation was adopted last November and makes Michigan a national leader in using solar and wind to transition our state away from fossil fuels to create electricity. The new law pits local zoning officials against local landowners who want to place ...

EDITOR : This letter is for all (yes… all) Michigan firearms owners. House Bills (passed by both House and Senate) 4138, 42, 43 go into effect February 13. Of course, the stated rationale is “safety for children”… again. Some highlights: Storage - New Law Requires… their firearms ...

EDITOR: This may seem contrary, but regarding free community college (CC) is counterproductive to a successful society. If you have a mortgage, auto loan, credit card, etc. you have “skin in the game of life”. You place a value beyond dollars in what those items can provide for you. ...