In a rare display of bipartisanship, Michigan lawmakers last week introduced bills that would give victims of sexual abuse more time to sue for damages. In a nutshell, the legislation would expand the civil statute of limitations for sex abuse victims from age 28 to 52. If ultimately ...

The Michigan hands free distracted driving ban takes effect at the end of this month. We are not alone, as our state is the 26th in the U.S. to enact such a restriction. The state passed legislation to ban texting and driving more than a decade ago, but safety experts have long contended ...

A community is made up of all kinds of people, many who strive to make it a better place. Some of these contributors are well known but there are others who do for their neighbors without thought of being recognized. Amy Harju was one of those folks making our area a better place. It’s ...

It doesn’t appear that there is an end in sight, with Michigan experiencing an extended extreme level of fire danger, unprecedented weather conditions and recent wildfires, including a large one near downstate Grayling. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources continues to keep a close ...

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer recently announced the Make it in Michigan economic development strategy to keep successful projects, invest in students from pre-kindergarten through post-secondary and revitalize places in every part of the state. The three pillars of the strategy are projects, people ...

They’re almost all gone now, that generation of Americans that beat Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan and made the world safe for democracy. Time has done what facism couldn’t, taking them one by one until now, only a handful of veterans of World War II remain to bear witness to what ...