November 2023

TL/DR - Silverton, a town in Colorado, experienced a political divide when its young, progressive mayor Shane Fuhrman, defeated the longstanding fire chief Gilbert Archuleta in the April 2020 election. The division was exacerbated when Fuhrman decided to stop the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance at council meetings, drawing national…

TL/DR - Neil Mason Chapman, 88, of Ishpeming, MI, died on October 25, 2023. Born in 1934, he served in the U.S. Army from 1955-1957, married Joan Pepin in 1958, and worked at the Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co. for 27 years before retiring in 1992. He leaves behind three children, several grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and is predeceased by his…

TL/DR - The US Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on Sinbad, a cryptocurrency service it accuses of laundering millions of dollars for North Korea, and the FBI and European law enforcement have seized its website. Sinbad, a "mixing service" that can obscure the source of cryptocurrency, has reportedly laundered large amounts from multiple…

TL/DR - Saline Mayor Brian Marl recently hosted a public meeting with local and regional elected officials, including State Rep Felicia Brabec and County Commissioner Shannon Beeman. Rep Brabec highlighted her legislative work, including a law banning "conversion therapy" and one allowing Michigan taxpayers to register as organ donors via their…