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Focus on underserved community members is important
Republican lawmakers hope to paint a pretty picture that fits within the straight, white, heteronormative narrative
Still, there are signs that some local officials are growing wary of never-ending police budget increases.
Clearly, cooler heads were not prevailing as the Legislature returned this week. Republican Senate President Jake Chapman set the tone.
To pass good legislation, your legislators need to hear from you. Despite what the pessimists will tell you, they want to hear from you.
Government is a blunt instrument and state and federal officials are using it to whack us from both sides of the COVID-19 vaccine debate.
Being “canceled” isn’t even possible anymore given the diversity of hosting platforms and the willingness of audiences to follow their informational and entertainment beacons
When I must say “I’m sorry,” my tendency is to over-expand on those two words. I want to explain myself …
Our Golden Dome of Wisdom is opening for business once again on Monday. And the best we can hope for is that Republicans who run the joint won’t make their worst impulses into laws.
When a pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol, bludgeoning police officers and chasing lawmakers into hiding in an attempt to stop certification of Joe Biden’s presidential victory, it seemed real American carnage might jolt our politics back toward sanity.
Or is it a predatory market that targets financially vulnerable young women like myself?
Almost none of it had anything to do with numbers on a scale
With the increase in cases, seeking care for non-COVID illnesses and injuries becomes more challenging.
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