Opinion: 2025 Legislative Newsletter – Week 13

Alan Powell State Rep.   Leading up to legislative Day 40, Sine Die, my House colleagues and I worked throughout the week to finalize legislation.

Opinion: Reminiscing on what I’ve learned and the people who taught me

I’ve got a birthday coming up next week, and unlike my mama’s birthday last week, my soon-to-be age isn’t exciting enough to share in the newspaper. After all, you’re not supposed to ask or tell a woman’s age.

Opinion: Cursive writing could become this century’s hieroglyphics

Most days, the news is like slicing a soccer-ball-sized onion. The headlines will make your eyes water with frustration, anger or fear—mass murders, disappearing jobs, tariffs on a yo-yo string, trade wars or panic over prices.

Train enthusiasts ride for love, not for speed and comfort

By Phil Hudgins CNI   There’s something exhilarating about riding on a train. Amtrak’s intercity trains are often slower, bumpier, more expensive and late, but I still like them.

Where’s common sense in crippling the EPA?

There’s a country song for every occasion and situation. Ray Charles moaned, “Here we go again.” Lorrie Morgan asked, “What part of no don’t you understand?” I could name a hundred more, but Jerry Reed best sums up the looming environmental crisis. His comical lyrics “She got the gold mine.