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Editorial

Nigerian nationals heading to prison in sextortion case

Although the wheels of justice turn ever so slowly, they do, in fact, turn. And although the American system of jurisprudence is far from perfect — slowness being one of the prime complaints about it — no one has come up with a better system. This week, in the U.S. District Court in ...

Monday is Tax Day; are you prepared?

Well, it’s that time of year again. No, I’m not referring to spring, although based on some technicality, that would be true; and no, I’m not referring to Easter. Monday is Tax Day — the deadline for which taxpayers must submit their returns or file to request an extension by. An ...

UPHP wins DHHS bid to administer health contracts

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has awarded Comprehensive Health Care Program contracts for Michigan’s Medicaid health plans, which serve nearly 2 million Michigan residents receiving coverage through Medicaid and the Healthy Michigan Plan. Upper Peninsula Prosperity ...

Increase awareness of the dangers of alcohol

April is Alcohol Awareness Month, a time each year reserved to raise awareness and understanding of alcohol abuse. Part of understanding alcohol abuse is forming an understanding of the effects alcohol has on the brain while a person is consuming it. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse ...

New partnership, airport survey worth participating in

If you’re a business owner or manager, in all likelihood you have wanted in the past to have had the ability to influence decision makers before decisions are made that impact your business. And why not? Getting perspective from professionals in the trenches makes all the sense in the ...

Bills that would regulate tobacco sales supported

Although we suspect a lot of people are not going to be happy about it, we support measures working their way through the State Legislature that would allow counties to tighten enforcement of what tobacco products can be sold there. The Senate bills in the Regulatory Affairs Committee would ...