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California has run a pilot program since 2023 to try out so-called pop-up gear to find a solution to crabbers' woes.
Glen Evans Sr. will be the alderman for Rock Island's first ward after the votes tallied from the April 1 election were ...
Capital punishment is a dirty, rotten, stinking, nasty business. And we ought not be engaged in it. It is a remnant of a retrograde mentality. Long ago, the argument for its deterrence value went ...
The courageous experts in the vitally important DOGE organization recently stated that our own Treasury Department could not pass a standard financial audit. They discovered that $100 billion a ...
I will continue to be a catalyst for inclusion, honest and fair government. Even as I write this letter, I’m being contacted by phone or social media with words of encouragement. I’m doing great.
Today there were 300 people by the old courthouse protesting the destruction of our democracy by the current administration. That is more people protesting than I have ever seen before protesting in ...
While there is a great deal of public and political debate surrounding transgender participation in women's sports, I find myself wondering why this issue seems to receive more attention than the ...
The front page headline on the failed amendments prompts this response. In the recent national elections, the Democrats underestimated voter concern over the issues and lost. Louisiana’s ...
This past Tuesday morning, I set out my trash and recycle bins. Much to my surprise, both bins were picked up in one swoop by the garbage truck. When the truck dropped the bins — rather than ...
Before Sunday’s crab-catching competition at the Malesso’ Gupot CHamoru festival, three men took off their shirts, lay on the ground and waited for hundreds of land crabs to be dumped on top ...
I was sad to learn of the death of Ronald Newman. Ronnie and I went to school together, he in the Class of 1974 and myself in the Class of 1971. Ronnie was a rooter for the Democrats and myself ...