Working Through the Next Phase of Session

Things are moving quickly at the Capitol as we work through another key phase of session. Right now, we are focused on reviewing Senate bills in oversight committees while continuing to hear and vote on measures on the House floor.

Adventures with Allie

There’s a certain kind of quiet you only find in a small-town library.Not the stiff, intimidating quiet people joke about, no stern shushing or side-eyes over a turned page, but a soft, steady kind of quiet. The kind that makes room for imagination.

Stock Market Insights

Bank Earnings: What It Told Us About the Economy Last weekend, I was coaching my kids’ youth baseball team in a tournament. They didn’t play perfect baseball, far from it.

Home Grown

Collecting Rainwater for Gardens As gardeners look for ways to conserve resources, rainwater harvesting is gaining in popularity.

Early Budget Agreement Mostly Good for State’s Children

For the Children Gov. Kevin Stitt and Republican leaders from the state Legislature announced a budget agreement last week.

First Bill Advances as House Meets Key Deadline

This past week marked a major turning point in session as we reached the deadline to pass House bills off the House floor. It took a lot of time, focus and more than a few late nights, but we got the job done.All House bills have now been sent to the Senate, with 456 measures continuing forward.

Adventures with Allie

There’s a moment now, quiet, almost invisible, when you walk into a place that used to hand you something, and instead, it asks you to scan.A small square sits where paper once lived. A QR code taped to a church door. Another propped up on a restaurant table.

The road to home

Recently, I found myself driving down an old dirt road that led me home in more ways than one.I began chasing a fire — as it is seemingly the nature of a journalist to run towards fire.

Emergency clauses should be rare, not routine

There is a reason the law allows for an emergency clause.It exists for moments when time truly matters. When public safety is at risk, when infrastructure fails, when a delay could cause real harm.

Letter to the editor

Dear Editor, Why I’m voting for opportunity Although opportunity doesn’t always mean success, in the case of Central Tech, it actually does.