October 16, 2025

The New Citizens Press

News For, By and About People

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Interpersonal Edge: Customer not always right, but he’s never wrong

Rina Risper05 mins

  By Dr. Daneen Skube

Tribune Content Agency
 
 Q. I’ve tried to explain to an important customer that he misunderstood our policies when he hired my company. The customer can’t admit he was wrong and is now talking to my boss, and I’m in trouble. How did this end up my fault?
 

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Jill on Money: Financial Thanksgiving

Rina Risper08 mins

 

By Jill Schlesinger
Tribune Content Agency
 
 Thanksgiving, which just passed, is a time when we can give thanks for all of the blessings in our lives, like health, loving spouse, a wonderful family and amazing friends. But this is a money column, so this week, I would also like to give thanks to all of the amazing people and resources that have improved our financial lives.
 

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Michigan’s Auto No-Fault Law: Understand Your Rights Now Before They May Change

Rina Risper018 mins

 By Stephen H. Sinas

                 
The Michigan Legislature continues to contemplate changes to the Michigan Auto No-Fault Insurance Law. 

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Will making more money guarantee a better retirement?

Rina Risper07 mins

 

 
By Robert Pagliarini, Tribune Media Services
 
There were two families that lived next to each other. One family received a $2 million inheritance. They traveled, had a nice boat and gave to charity. They took calculated investment risks that paid off. They averaged an incredible 12 percent return every year for 20 years.

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Excuse me are you listening? 13-24

Rina Risper06 mins

 Dear Readers,

There has been shift in my consciousness.  I am a mother of a teenager.  When I started the paper, Anissa was a baby.  She no longer wants to hear the stories about how funny she was or that she used to steal her brother’s food.

 

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The Kid’s Doctor: You can avoid food battles

Rina Risper05 mins

 

By Sue Hubbard, M.D.

 It seems like I discuss “food battles” with my patients and their families several times a day. The longer I practice, though, the more I don’t think we should even have to talk about how often Mom and Dad end up arguing with a child about eating. 

 

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Pet World: Guidelines outline which vaccines vets should use, and how often to vaccinate

Rina Risper011 mins

 By Steve Dale

Tribune Content Agency
 
  Q: I’ve written to you before about the scoundrel veterinarians who’ve cheated the public. Like the veterinarian in the recent “20/20” TV segment, when we changed counties, that new vet wanted to vaccinate my dog all over again with vaccines I’d never heard of. And the “20/20” segment (broadcast Nov. 24) proved that dogs only need vaccines every three years. Don’t you think vets are vaccinating our animals to death? – V.C., Cyberspace

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Jill on Money: Low oil offsets rising health care costs

Rina Risper06 mins

 

By Dr. Daneen Skube

Tribune Content Agency
 
Q. The largest problem I have at work is with other people. Every time something goes wrong at my job, I’m staring at someone who did something stupid, incompetent or thoughtless. How do you approach problems that are someone else’s fault?

 

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Blind Children’s Fund Helps the Visually Impaired “Live in a World they Cannot See”

Rina Risper011 mins

  By Deborah M. Walker

 
Started in 1978 the Blind Children’s Fund (BCF), located in the Lansing area, offers information and resources for children who are visually impaired and helps to give them a chance to live meaningful and productive lives. 

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