Majority of U.P. local officials agree: Political partisanship is bad for communities

November 7, 2024 Read more

MARQUETTE — The Upper Peninsula of Michigan is a fairly secluded place. It’s almost like its own world, often feeling detached from the rest of the country and even from the Lower Peninsula of the same state.

However, U.P. local officials have something very much in common with those of their mitten-shaped neighbor: concern for the state of democracy.