Student journalists help fill gaps in state government coverage

LANSINGAs mainstream news outlets continue to shrink their coverage of state governments, student journalists in Michigan and across the country are increasingly filling that information gap.

Time to recap

To the Editor:The City has resolved its lawsuit in Kile versus City of Gladwin and we can now look at the results of this suit. What was resolved, that there were minor technicalities that could have been resolved by open communications, rather than a lawsuit.

With CTE, the kids come back

On May 6, when you consider the Clare Gladwin CTE millage renewal on the ballot, I really hope you’ll remember these four words: The kids come back.First, they come back in the form of second-year CTE students.

Representative Schuette invites residents to “Ask Bill G.”

LANSINGRepresentative Bill G. Schuette and his legislative staff will hold a series of upcoming events for people in Midland and Gladwin counties to share their priorities and talk with their representation in Lansing.Luke Derheim, who serves as legislative director for Rep.

Trump’s non-emergency tariffs

The Trump administration is using Humpty Dumpty rules to justify its new tariffs. The anthropomorphic egg famously said in the Lewis Carroll novel “Through the Looking-Glass,” “When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean -- neither more nor less.

EDITOR’S INBOX

To the Editor:I’m writing to ask voters in Gladwin and Clare Counties to support the CTE millage renewal request on the May 6 ballot. CTE is a fantastic program that has launched the careers of so many high school students through the years that its impact, while phenomenal, is also hard to measure.

EDITOR’S INBOX

To the Editor:It is not often that we discuss issues within the library profession on our library media outlets. However, when these issues affect our services and impact to our county residents, I believe it is important to share the information we have.

Canada is not the enemy

Canada has always been an inoffensive country, and how is that working out for it?President Trump has made more threatening sounds about Canada than about Russia.

CTE millage

To the Editor:Uses common sense. Perseveres. Works well with everybody. Solves problems. Shows up.These aren’t words and phrases typically overheard at the local coffee shop these days to describe the traits of young people.

Open meetings act suit

To the Editor:At many of our Gladwin City Council meetings, there has been subtle, and unsubtle references to a lawsuit, which our mayor and a few council members have filed against the city.