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EDITORIAL: Part-time legislature, full-time efficiency

During the two months that the “full-time” state House managed not to meet early this year, legislatures in several other states wrapped up their business — for the year.As Republican Rep. Paul Schemel of Franklin County recently put it: “My district in southern Franklin County borders ...

OP-ED: Trump’s extremism on abortion can’t be hid

Ron DeSantis had it coming, but Donald TrumpĢƵ attempts to paint the Florida governor as a scarier right-winger than he is deserve to fail. What DeSantis has done in Florida — virtually ban all access to abortion — Trump has come close to doing to the entire country. Trump is just better ...

LETTER: Virus no excuse to vote by mail

If you remember when Lynyrd Skynyrd was in its heyday, Winky's Hamburgers and bell-bottom pants, you remember when it was time to vote, you voted on a mechanical lever machine.These 800-pound monoliths of democracy were in service for quite a long time. They were simple to use -- just walk up ...

LETTER: The right to bear arms comes with responsibilities

As of April 19, there have been more mass shootings (170) in America than days in the new year. Week after week, we amass additional evidence of the fear and violence gripping our nation: Two young people are shot for innocently approaching the wrong house; Four dead, 32 injured, at a birthday ...