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Opinion

Almanac

Local columns

Today is Tuesday, Feb. 4, the 35th day of 2025. There are 330 days left in the year. Today in history: On Feb. 4, 1997, a civil jury in Santa Monica, California, found O.J. Simpson liable for the deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman, ordering Simpson ...

Trump is emphatically correct about birthright citizenship

Local columns

WASHINGTON — Less than two weeks into this second Trump presidency, the fearmongering has already reached fever pitch. “He can’t do it!” the critics have invariably howled in decrying President Donald Trump’s landmark day-one executive order upending the status quo on birthright ...

Don’t miss out on Earned Income Tax Credit

Editorial

As the tax filing season begins, residents who are eligible for the Earned Income Tax Credit are reminded that Michigan’s EITC was boosted in 2023. Public Act 4 of 2023 expanded the Michigan EITC from 6% of the federal EITC to 30%. This credit expansion is retroactive to the 2022 tax ...

Could we have doused the LA fires sooner?

Letters to the Editor

EDITOR: In response to Charles Smothers’ letter (Michigan’s egg law) on January 24, 2025, it’s important to remember the actual circumstances of the new cage free egg law that took effect in 2025 after multiple delays. The initial law was passed by a Republican controlled state ...

Almanac

Local columns

By The Associated Press Today is Monday, Feb. 3, the 34th day of 2025. There are 331 days left in the year. Today is Saturday, Feb. 3, the 34th day of 2024. There are 332 days left in the year. Today in History: On Feb. 3, 1959, which would become known as “the day the music died,” ...

Could we have doused the LA fires sooner?

Local columns

WASHINGTON — The 1965 Civil Rights Act truly irks some former descendants of slaveowners and like-minded folks. I personally know four Black billionaires and none of them bounced a ball, hit a ball, ran with a ball or threw a ball professionally. Their backgrounds were much like mine. We ...