Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s approval rating has dropped below 50%, according to a recent poll of registered voters by the Glengariff Group. The Democrat governor’s approval rate fell to 47.9% in September. A year ago, it was 58.7%. Whitmer has faced backlash throughout the pandemic for issuing COVID-19 mandates and shutdowns, passing large spending packages,...
Members of the Alexander Hamilton Society narrowly averted a nuclear war on Oct. 1. AHS hosted an event called “War Games,” in which six political international organizations embarked on mock diplomatic negotiations to prevent a nuclear war. The club held two concurrent simulations in different classrooms of Lane Hall from 4 p.m to 7 p.m. ...
Social Security is a broken promise to the American people, and our generation will pay for it. When President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act of 1935 into law, he promised “protection to the average citizen and to his family against the loss of a job and against poverty-ridden old age.” The purpose...
After accepting a large grant from the federal American Rescue Plan Act, the City of Hillsdale is making plans to provide pay incentives for the police department, fund leaf collection, repair street infrastructure, and upgrade the internet at the municipal airport. The city expects to receive a grand total of $837,662. Hillsdale City Manager David...
The Hillsdale Transfer Station will be closed until early October due to the construction of a new building at the facility, which Modern Waste Systems and the City of Hillsdale operate. This new building will replace the previous structure which was constructed in the early 1980s, according to Director of the Hillsdale Department of Public Services,...