HARTLAND — Many times in high school golf, when a team’s fourth golfer shoots 50 or over, that team is going to have a hard time winning. Link to originating site

It is so sad that another downtown Brighton store, Homespun, is closing. We need to support our downtown businesses. How many times have you walked in this store and loved everything but bought nothing? Link to originating site

Q: I have three maple trees in my yard, and they are big and beautiful. I am really worried about them because there are black, dime-sized round spots on some of the leaves that look like they are leathery and raised above the surface. I scratched and scratched to remove them and tore a hole [...]

I would like to clarify a quote in a article by reporter Christopher Behnan that was published in the Daily Press & Argus last week (“Response to state worker health revamp is lesson in division,” Sept. 24″). Link to originating site

To elaborate on Douglas Beilharz’s Sept. 27 letter to the editor (” ‘Single-payers’ will number 300 million”), the oft-quoted statistic of 47 million uninsured is actually a gross overestimation of the problem, as recent research suggests the number of Americans who cannot currently afford health insurance is much lower. Link to originating site

For weeks, news from the state Capitol has been dominated by our lawmakers’ battles to balance the state’s budget before a threatened government shutdown. Unfortunately, they — and the media — have missed what should have been the main point. Link to originating site

School financing in Michigan has always been complex. Even today, in an era with state-established foundation grants, the amount allocated per child still fluctuates by about $1,000 from one school district to another. In Livingston County, all school districts are at or near the bottom rung, within a few hundred dollars of one another. Link [...]

HOWELL — As the high school volleyball season goes on, one can spot trends as the season marks the halfway point. Link to originating site

In a country that recoils at the thought of sinking another dime into prenatal care, crumbling highways or tuition assistance, Twitter — a company that produces nothing, employs approximately 60 people and is still lolling in what the financial press euphemistically describes as its “pre-revenue” phase — is poised to raise $100 million in the [...]

This editorial first appeared in the Lansing State Journal. Link to originating site