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The world will watch as President Biden gives his State of the Union Address tonight. This requirement is stated in Article II of the United States Constitution. It is customary for members of Congress to invite a guest to sit in the mezzanine gallery and watch the event. Tonight, John Moolenaar (R – Wants to […]

Trump-loving attorney investigated for fraud after raising big bucks for sketchy ‘Kraken’ lawsuits https://t.co/AyjFJZHTrp — Raw Story (@RawStory) July 26, 2021 GOP-led Michigan state Senate report on voter fraud probe: “All compelling theories that sprang forth from the rumors surrounding Antrim County are diminished so significantly as for it to be a complete waste of […]

Over five hours of public comment today couldn’t oust Ron Clous or Rob Hentschel from the Grand Traverse County Board of Commissioners. Ron never apologized for brandishing a weapon while Keli MacIntosh spoke during the public comment period of the January 20, 2021 Board of Commissioners meeting. While nothing was accomplished during the main event, […]

What happened on Wednesday, January 6, 2021, was a terrorist attack on our nation’s Capitol. It must be treated as such and prosecute everyone involved. Over the past four days, social media has used images and locations in and around the Capitol to ID the terrorists involved with the attack on Congress. Reports to the […]

Up North Progressive has been pretty quiet lately. That’s because the Up North Progressive volunteered on the campaign staff of a state house candidate. It was a great learning experience, but there was so much writing to do about one candidate, it made writing about anything else happening up north difficult. The best part of […]

UPDATE! A reader provided a copy of what Friske Orchards Farm provides to customers when they ask about wearing masks in their store. You can see it below. On August 5, 2020, Friske Orchards Farm filed suit against Governor Gretchen Whitmer due to violating the legal mandatory mask order. The Charlevoix farm in Antrim County, […]

UPDATE! Tom Eckerle will resign his seat to the Leelanua County Road Commission on Monday, August 10, 2020 On Thursday, August 6, 2020, The northern Michigan county of Leelanau found the eyes of the world trained on them as the news broke that two days before, Tom Eckerle of the Leelanau County Road Commission, proudly […]

This is one of those days when Up North Progressive throws 400 words away because everything has changed with the passage of hours instead of days. What’s going on in Northern Michigan can only be described as disgusting. Today the sheriffs of four counties in the northern lower peninsula of Michigan issued a press release […]

On February 12, 2020 the Lake County Board of Commissioners approved with unanimous vote to accept a contract from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The contract will allow ICE to move prisoners from North Lake Correctional Facility, owned by GEO Group, to the shuttered Lake County jail annex located in Baldwin. The annex up until […]

Have you bothered to read the minutes of your County Board of Commissioners lately? When did you last attend a meeting? Have you ever attended a meeting? True, they like to convene those meetings during the middle of the day when most people are at work. If you’re too busy to be bothered to even read up on what’s happening, keep in mind the people Up North Progressive is going to talk about today definitely are going to meetings, and what they’re up to is alarming. […]