To the Journal editor: As we vote in this midterm election, I hope people remember that our current U.S. House representative, Jack Bergman, signed onto a 2020 lawsuit filed against the State of Michigan as well as Georgia, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. The lawsuit was intended to overturn the ...

To the Journal editor: I support Adam Ladd’s candidacy for the MAPS school board. As the father of four young children currently enrolled in MAPS I have an obvious interest in how our schools are run. I believe Adam Ladd is just the kind of person needed to keep MAPS moving in a positive ...

To the Journal editor: Don’t let your vote on Proposal 3 be a knee-jerk reaction to how you feel about abortion. Think it through. Read the whole proposal. It’s only 323 words, and far more enlightening than the 95-word ballot summary. Much of the language in the proposal is vague, with ...

To the Journal editor: Jack Bergman opposes broadband funding, then takes credit for $2 billion in an awkward TV ad. Just saw his TV ad and that he is binging broadband to the Upper Peninsula by voting for it. For six years, Jack Bergman promised northern Michigan and the U.P. he would ...

To the Journal editor: This year on my birthday I gave myself a present. I filed to run as a candidate for the Marquette Area Public Schools Board of Education. I cannot imagine a better gift than serving our great community and advocating for our kids! I came to the Upper Peninsula in 1982 ...

Something is better than nothing. That shopworn adage might easily apply to very recent developments in the case of Michigan residents compensated by the state for being wrongfully accused of fraud related to unemployments. This was an ugly situation that was 100 percent the fault of the ...