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Opinion

Safe and loving homes needed

Editorial

During Foster Care Month in May, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is raising awareness of the need for additional foster parents to provide temporary care of children while the state works to reunify them safely with their parents. “I’m grateful for the dedication of ...

You are what you eat

Letters To The Editor

The over 100 day probationary period has run out and a lack of comprehending what is expected of job performance requires dismissal, eviction and removal of personnel. Credentials: 1. An understanding and willingness to work within the guidelines of the Constitution of the United States of ...

Pope Leo XIV seems well loved, but for how long?

Columns

Once loyal Chicagoans got over the double shock of hearing that a local native, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, has been named the 267th pope, some critically important, locally familiar questions came up: Which parish is he from? Sox fan or Cubs fan? And what bearing will his papacy ...

NMU presidential search comes at a vital time

Editorial

Northern Michigan University held a community listening session last week to gauge public opinion while they search for NMU President Brock Tessman’s successor. Tessman announced last month that he will depart NMU in July to take on the role of President of Montana State University after a ...

Critical services harmed

Letters To The Editor

While President Trump and his allies continue to justify their economic policies as necessary to address the national debt and deficit, they simultaneously support a budget projected by the Congressional Budget Office to increase the deficit by an estimated $6 trillion. Why? To fund Trump’s ...

The ‘N’ in SNAP means nutrition

Columns

SNAP, or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps, is one of the nation's largest welfare programs. And, like all welfare programs, it is massive, it has grown prodigiously over the years and it is inefficient. One glaring issue, which is gaining attention as a ...