Involuntary discharge for vax refusal?

If you stood your ground and did what you thought was right in refusing the COVID vaccine, you might have thought your veterans benefits were lost forever when you were involuntarily discharged. There’s been a change.It’s been a long five years.

The GOP can’t punt on health care

The debate over affordability is now truly and fully joined. After the off-year elections, Democrats are coalescing around a costof- living message that makes more sense than their anti-Trump obsessions (not that we aren’t going to hear a lot about those).

Support and celebrate small businesses this holiday season

This holiday season, will you shop at one of the 33.2 million small businesses that make up 99 percent of all businesses in the U.S?Up and down rural main streets in rural America, shopkeepers are readying their stores for the season.

Yes, Ozempic for all

Americans are going to get a little healthier. President Trump cut deals with the drugmakers Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk to increase access to obesity drugs in a major benefit to American public health.The agreements are a winwin- win -- good for consumers, good for the companies and good for Trump.

Be it resolved? From ceremonial to political, a look at Michigan lawmakers’ resolutions

LANSINGFrom a proposed cigar bar at Detroit Metropolitan Airport to the ill-fated S.S.

No veteran should go hungry

According to U.S. government data and recent policy studies, nearly 25 percent of America’s veterans live either below the federal poverty level or paycheck to paycheck, with little margin for unexpected expenses.To get by, many adopt emergency-level budgets.

Fewer young people getting vaccinated in Michigan, study finds

LANSINGThe rate of children and adolescents getting routine vaccinations is declining across the state, according to a new study published in the journal Pediatrics.

Court refuses to reinstate lawsuit over runaway carriage horse at Greenfield Village

LANSINGAhorse-drawn carriage. A runaway horse. A crash. Sounds like an old-fashioned drama – not a bizarre 21st-century event.But that’s what happened three years ago when Rebecca Goch was visiting Greenfield Village in Dearborn.

More law enforcement agencies using artificial intelligence

LANSINGMichigan law enforcement agencies are increasingly using artificial intelligence (AI) tools as surveillance technology, according to Ron Wiles, the executive director of the Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police.

Training adds to perspective

To the Editor:On Friday, October 17, 2025, individuals from various agencies across Central Michigan came together at the John C. Magnus Center in Clare, Michigan to attend a training opportunity that provided a fundamental shift in perspective.