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Opinion

It’s cloudy in Michigan this Sunshine Week

Editorial

Every Sunshine Week, the Michigan Press Association honors a public official who advances open government. This year, for the first time, we’re giving no award. That’s how cloudy it is over transparency in Michigan. “Unfortunately, this year’s legislative and policy landscape does not ...

Portraying meat as evil

Local columns

Do you eat steak? You're killing the planet! So say climate activists. Silly media agree: Vox warns that beef is the "worst thing we eat when it comes to global warming." The World Economic Forum, which says it's "committed to improving the state of the world," released a video promoting a ...

Mullin’s DHS nomination advances to full Senate

Local columns

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Markwayne Mullin moved a step closer to becoming President Donald Trump's next homeland security secretary after a Senate committee Thursday narrowly advanced his nomination. The 8-7 vote came after a contentious hearing Wednesday and sent the Cabinet nomination to ...

Almanac for March 20, 2026

Local columns

Today is Friday, March 20, the 79th day of 2026. There are 286 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1995, in Tokyo, packages containing the deadly chemical sarin were opened and dispersed on five separate subway trains in a terror attack by members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult, causing ...

Red Cross needs blood donations after storms

Editorial

The winter storms that came through in the past few days had one other, less visible but significant effect: A drop in donated blood and platelets in the region. The American Red Cross of Wisconsin urges people to act now to rebuild the blood supply after to donation appointments were ...