MARQUETTE — A recent audit report found that the Corrections Department offender vocational programs are effective overall. Vocational programs are career and technical programs that teach inmates employment skills to use upon their release. Such programs include carpentry, cosmetology and ...
WASHINGTON — The election of Donald Trump returns an ally of school choice to the White House, this time with a Republican-controlled Senate — and potentially House — that could be more supportive of proposals that fizzled during his first term. Although proposals to expand private ...
By ANNA ROSSOW Special to the Journal MARQUETTE — A financial incentive to attend community colleges is still being offered to a younger age group, but only for the next two months. The financial aid program called Michigan Reconnect is a tuition-free pathway to an associate’s degree ...
Dear Readers: Hope you are all having a lovely fall. Please see below some poems that help embrace the season. “The Wild Swans at Coole” by William Butler Yeats “The trees are in their autumn beauty, / The woodland paths are dry, / Under the October twilight the water / Mirrors a ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: My brother, who was extremely active and athletic in his younger years, is now in his early 70s. His decision to have both of his knees replaced several years ago was not due to any general pain, but to an inability to bend his knees more than 90 degrees. It was limiting his ...
Dear Heloise: Biting my fingernails has been a lifelong habit that I just can’t stop. I always seem to have a finger in my mouth. I’m not sure why I started. My nails are a disgrace, and at my age, it’s embarrassing. I often bite my nails without thinking. Got any hints on how to stop? -- ...