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State should step up on compulsive gambling

With the state of Michigan, according to its own records, raking in a veritable mountain of cash each year from legalized online gambling, it is not at all clear why Lansing isn’t doing more to provide resources to deal with the inevitable result of all that betting: Compulsive gambling. According to a recent story from the authoritative Bridge Michigan that was reprinted by The Mining Journal, Michigan received a failing grade from an advocacy group for its efforts to protect gamblers. The state pulled in $624.6 million off online gambling last year, including $27.1 million in taxes ...

State highlights services for Child Abuse Prevention Month

In honor of Child Abuse Prevention Month, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is recognizing the critical role prevention programs play in keeping children safe and strengthening families. “MDHHS is committed to ensuring families have access to the support they need, when they need it,” Elizabeth Hertel, MDHHS director, said in a news release. “Early support helps families stay strong and stable to enable children to grow up safe and healthy, and for communities to thrive.” Research demonstrates that positive childhood experiences — such as feeling safe, ...

M-35 roundabout a good idea

Although we suspect this project may face some degree of opposition as the construction season opens, we like what the Michigan Department of Transportation is planning for more than three miles of M-35 in Marquette County between Marquette County Road 480 and US 41, including converting the M-35/County Road 492 intersection to a modern roundabout. Dan Weingarten, MDOT media representative for the agency’s Superior Region, summed things up nicely in a recent Mining Journal front page story on the matter, noting the current intersection of Marquette County Road 492 and M-35 is offset ...