Recognizing the role of local journalism in the community
I started my journalism career with a typewriter, a notebook and a pretty basic motivation: I wanted to know what was happening in my community and why. The typewriter is long gone, replaced by technologies I couldn’t have imagined back then. But across Michigan, the curiosity and commitment that brought many of us into journalism in the first place are still there. So is the unshakeable belief that local news matters. Thursday was the inaugural Local News Day, a nationwide observance of the role local journalism plays in communities big and small. It was a great opportunity to ...
AG warns tax filing time can spur identity theft
With the April 15 tax filing deadline less than a week away, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is reissuing her consumer alert on tax-related identity theft and urging residents to protect themselves. Tax-related identity theft occurs when someone uses stolen personal information to file a phony tax return and claim the refund for themselves, Nessel advised in a news release. “Bad actors will stop at nothing to steal our personal information and hard-earned money,” Nessel said in the release. “... It’s imperative that everyone knows the signs of identity theft. The IRS will ...
Trump tells US Postal Service to create a federal voter list
Can the President order the U.S. Postal Service not to deliver mail he doesn’t like? Add this to the list of, er, innovative questions that President Donald Trump is posing to the courts. On March 31, he signed an executive action to create a federal list of people pre-approved to vote by mail, while telling the USPS to refuse to deliver ballots from anybody who isn’t on it. Democrats have already filed lawsuits, saying Mr. Trump’s plan tramples on the authority over elections that the Constitution gives to the 50 states. The USPS is an independent agency, and the Postmaster ...