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Learn more this month about food safety practices

To emphasize the importance of food safety, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has proclaimed September as Michigan Food Safety Education and Awareness Month. “Food safety is a team effort, and every Michigander plays a crucial role in keeping food safe, wholesome and nutritious,” said Tim Boring, director of the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. “MDARD encourages all Michiganders to promote proper food safety practices to help protect themselves, their families, and their communities from foodborne illness.” MDARD offers these five simple food safety practices to ...

Don’t fall victim to ‘grandparents scam’

Sunday is Grandparents Day and the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection is keeping grandparents – as well as their children and grandchildren – informed about the latest scams that could affect them and their families. Older consumers may be more likely to lose large amounts of money to scams because they often have lifelong savings, they may be unfamiliar with the advanced technologies used by scammers and they could face social isolation or ailments that make them vulnerable to an experienced scammer, DATCP advised in a recent news release. One ...

Learn more this month about food safety practices

To emphasize the importance of food safety, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has proclaimed September as Michigan Food Safety Education and Awareness Month. “Food safety is a team effort, and every Michigander plays a crucial role in keeping food safe, wholesome and nutritious,” said Tim Boring, director of the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. “MDARD encourages all Michiganders to promote proper food safety practices to help protect themselves, their families and their communities from foodborne illness.” MDARD offers these five simple food safety practices to ...

Flattery will get you everywhere with Trump

Anyone who watched the three-hour televised ego project that was Donald Trump’s (Aug. 26) cabinet meeting got a look at how this president prefers to receive information: via sniveling personal flattery verging on outright genuflection. “Mr. President, I invite you to see your beautiful face on a banner in front of the Department of Labor,” cooed Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer. “Your respect for law enforcement is so incredible,” gushed Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to the man who mass-pardoned some 1,500 Jan. 6 assailants against the U.S. Capitol, including many who ...

OK2SAY tipline helps keep schools safe

As schools across the state start the new academic year, parents and children are reminded that Michigan has a valuable resource, OK2SAY, to help keep students safe. OK2SAY, which is housed within the Michigan State Police Office of School Safety, allows students to confidentially report tips on potential harm or criminal activities directed at students, school employees or schools in the state. “These tips not only help law enforcement identify and respond to potential dangers and help those in need, but they also ensure that real threats of violence are taken seriously and those ...

Trump’s maneuvers weaken constitutional check

President Trump is testing restraints on his power to hire and fire, which is worth doing in many cases but raises hard questions in others. Consider his maneuvers to retain Alina Habba as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor, despite the Senate’s refusal to hold a vote on confirming her. Last week a federal judge said Ms. Habba has acted “without lawful authority” since July 1. “Her actions since that point may be declared void,” Judge Matthew Brann ruled. The decision draws from the Federal Vacancies Reform Act, which restricts how the President can temporarily fill an ...