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Trump attempt to muzzle press an attack on First Amendment

Pressed recently on President Donald Trump’s expulsion of three news organizations from the White House, U.S. Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., shrugged it off as indistinguishable from Trump's own past suspension from social media platforms, saying, “So it goes both ways.” Huh? The senator is either remarkably ignorant of the Constitution from which he derives his power, or shameless enough to pretend to be. What Barrasso didn’t appear to understand is that the First Amendment, like the rest of the Bill of Rights, doesn’t go both ways: It protects us from the government, not vice ...

UPPCO customers shouldn’t have to shoulder rate hike

Just too much. That’s our position on the Upper Peninsula Power Co. asking its customers for a $17.3 million rate increase, when people and families have already been pushed to the limit by skyrocketing grocery bills and gasoline costs that are closing in on $5 per gallon Added up, that’s why the Michigan Public Service Commission, the state regulatory agency that has the final say on electrical raters, should reject UPPCO’s rate request as submitted, a proposed hike that would produce an average 15.6% increase for residential customers. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and ...

Taking better care about the food being thrown out

When scraping that plate or tossing peelings into the garbage, ever think of what comes next? That bag probably ends up at a landfill, according to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Here’s why that’s a problem. When this food waste breaks down in landfills, it produces methane, a potent greenhouse gas. And a lot of food is going into the landfill. The DNR’s 2020-2021 statewide waste characterization study found wasted food was the largest component of trash in Wisconsin. Wasted food is defined as edible food thrown away before it is eaten or because it is ...