Hispanic Heritage Month: Fear in her community

Hispanic Heritage Month: Fear in her community

Today, on the final day of Hispanic Heritage Month 2025, we offer a capstone of personal testimony from an individual who, like many Americans, was born in a South American nation, adopted as an infant, and became a U.S. citizen several decades ago. Despite the...

What’s next for 10 Cents a Meal

What’s next for 10 Cents a Meal

The Michigan Legislature and governor’s office have agreed upon and signed a budget deal, and we wanted to take a moment to address that 10 Cents a Meal was not included in this year’s Michigan School Aid budget. MDE issued the following statement in its...

Ag Forum: TC-piloted 10 Cents a Meal is in peril

Ag Forum: TC-piloted 10 Cents a Meal is in peril

This article first published in the Traverse City Record-Eagle Ag Forum. A budget impasse in the Michigan Legislature means we are rapidly approaching a potential state government shutdown, and schools can’t properly plan their budgets for the year and take care of...

Riding the Rails to South Bend

Riding the Rails to South Bend

I recently attended the Midwest Rail Conference at Notre Dame University in South Bend, Indiana. While the conference itself was positively fascinating, today I’d like to focus on how I got there: By train. I’d been thinking about taking the train since I registered...