Jacksonville rally to protest federal cuts affecting communities

Jacksonville rally to protest federal cuts affecting communities

Grassroots groups in Jacksonville rally against federal cuts affecting veterans, teachers, and essential programs.

Federal cuts jeopardize Michiganders

A version of this column originally appeared in The Alpena News. The federal government is the largest employer in the state of Michigan. The government employs over 54,000 people in the state alone, more than any of “The Big Three” automakers or any of the health systems here in the state. However, the federal government doesn’t have expansive marketing teams for the Department of the Interior or for Veterans Affairs (VA). Most of the time, unl…