Investing in your Future: Protect benefits for children with special needs If you have a child or other family member who has special needs due to physical or mental conditions, you face a variety of challenges p...
Karl's Kolumn GETTING SHOT… Anne and I got our first COVID-19 vaccination at the Mendel Center recently. We arrived a bit early and were a bit surprise...
Michigan Taxpayer’s Guide a helpful resource that could save time, money Tax season is upon us and, as Southwest Michigan residents are preparing to file their taxes, questions may arise about what to do or abo...
Special Enrollment Period for health care now open For the past year, COVID-19 has taken precious lives and devastated livelihoods in Michigan and across the country. In addition to losing...
Limited window of opportunity A word of the hour is “endurance”. We may remember the ship by that name, captained by Sir Ernest Shackleton, which embarked on a dangero...
First meeting for the Workforce, Trades, & Talent Committee Last week I held my first meeting as Chair for the committee on Workforce, Trades, and Talent. Prior to COVID-19 Michigan was experiencin...
Investing in your Future: Estate planning for blended families If you’re in a blended family, you’re already aware of the emotional and financial issues involved in your daily life. But what about the...
For your health and safety After everything we’ve been through, we finally have an end in sight: A COVID-19 vaccine. But the vaccine is new, and questions about it ...
Karl's Kolumn WHERE HAVE THE WORDS GONE? Karl, I really enjoyed your column this week (about dingbats). As many of the Paw Paw Lake Rotary Club members...
The American spirit remains undefeated Nearly one year ago, many of us never imagined that our country would face one of the worst public health crises in more than a century. ...
Fighting humantrafficking Last week, I joined several of my colleagues in introducing a sweeping bipartisan plan to support survivors of human trafficking and help...
Social Security & You: Workers in Your Home and Social Security Do you plan to pay a cleaning person, cook, gardener, babysitter, or other household worker at least $2,300 in 2021? This amount include...
True speech Free speech is a bulwark of a free society, most people would agree. Without freedom of expression, people become stifled, and thinking i...
Karl's Kolumn YOU’RE NOT A DINGBAT… When Archie Bunker would close a harangue targeting his long-suffering wife Edith, he would call her a dingbat. Si...
Let them play Last week I posted a video from a local coach, advocating for the return of winter sports and urging the governor and MDHHS to lift the c...
