IT'S TAKEN SIX long, sometimes contentious months, but it looks like NMU faculty members finally have a new contract deal. Negotiators for the administration and the American Association of University Professors have reached a tentative agreement. Faculty members will be getting the details in the next couple of days. ... Continue Reading
Dark Stores, Lansing Hopes, Wisconsin Bullies, and Secret Funding
A COUPLE OF weeks ago, there was talk of possible protests against the big box stores seeking lower assessments in Marquette County. Public shamings! Picket lines! Boycotts! That talk, while not silent, has died down. Instead, the anger is now focusing on a petition drive urging legislators to pass laws that would ... Continue Reading
The U.P. Fights Back
UPPER PENINSULA POLITICAL leaders are starting to organize in their battle to keep the Michigan Tax Tribunal from sucking tax dollars out of the coffers of local governments. The battle has two fronts, Lansing and the U.P. The Lansing Offensive State Representative John Kivela and State Senator Tom Casperson, with ... Continue Reading