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Opinion

AAA suggests four 2026 safe driving resolutions

Editorial

AAA Michigan has offered some grim arguments for making safer motor vehicle practices part of your New Year’s resolutions for 2026. Preventable crashes claim lives and devastate families every day, AAA states in a news release. “These tragedies are not accidents; they are the result of ...

Center should remain open

Letters To The Editor

As a retired National Weather Service meteorologist with two degrees in atmospheric science, I was outraged to read the Trump Administration has proposed the elimination of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado. This center has provided high quality atmospheric research in ...

On immigration and citizenship, listen to George Washington

Columns

As news reports proliferate of multimillion-dollar — and possibly billion-dollar — fraudulent diversions of government funds involving Minnesota's Somali immigrant community, it may be time at one year's end and the next one's beginning to take a longer look at America's experience with ...

Keeping food and water safe when power is lost

Editorial

With the widespread power outages early this week due to the winter storm — some in Marquette County still have not had service restored — and it only being the start of what normally is a long winter in the region, the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is providing ...

Republicans face some big questions entering 2026

Columns

"Are the Republicans going the way of the Whigs?" During President Trump's first term, this question was asked a lot. The answer then: No. But one year into his second term it's worth revisiting the question, not so much because the answer is different this time, but because the question ...

Office Pool 2026

Columns

1. On Jan. 1, 2027, Joe Biden will be a. A criminal defendant in a case brought by the Trump DOJ. b. Generally regarded as smarter than he appears to be today. c. Gone from this vail of tears. d. In hospice. 2. On Jan. 1, 2027, Donald Trump will still be a. Blaming JD Vance for ...