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To Representative Meuser

Letters

Congressman Meuser, I have never been blessed with children of my own so I share with you the writings of an American mother as she reflects on the death of 165 children killed on February 28, 2026. They died as a result of a bomb that was delivered on the school they were attending as part of Operation Epic Fury. “There is an emptiness that follows violence that is not quiet, even when no one is speaking. It has weight, temperature, and it moves through rooms like a slow breeze. It lives in the place where a child should be, in the space beside you on a mat, in the corner where ...

Transparency, accountability and listening

Editorials

Our job — our responsibility — requires us to listen to a lot of people. Not only elected officials on our municipal boards and councils and school boards — the voices of staff and its leadership in local government and school systems and concerned constituents are just as ...

Bi-partisan

Letters

After reading the March 11 letter “an economic fable” on the current administrations handling of our economy, I’m going to take a wild guess that the writer might be a far left wing Democrat who either never heard the term “bi-partisan” or politically cannot understand its meaning. DAVE KULE Laporte Submitted by Virtual Newsroom

Daylight savings time

Letters

It is time to stop the changing of time back and forward and back and forward twice a year. It no longer makes any sense and causes difficulty for people of all ages to adjust to the change. Teachers will attest to the fact that students struggle during the week after the Spring change. We have four months of standard time - one third of the year - and eight months of daylight saving time - two thirds of the year. Now that we’re on daylight saving time, let’s make it permanent. The extra hour of light allows time for activities after work and school and for family ...

Spiraling into chaos

Letters

It seems our government is on a self-destruction mission as we accelerate our spiral into chaos! The Legislature and Supreme Court are both more than happy to collect their paychecks while they cede their Constitutional responsibilities to the wannabe king who makes spur-of-the-moment decisions with no interest in what’s best for the country, no planning, and no thoughtful consideration of probable consequences. The cabinet is composed of incompetent lackeys who do not have the skills to fulfill their Constitutional duty to advise the president…they just say “Whatever you say, ...

What other newspapers are saying: Railroad safety bill falls short

Editorials

The White House is calling on Congress to include a railroad regulation bill as part of a larger transportation funding package this year. It’s not the first time President Donald Trump has supported it, and the legislative branch would be wise to ignore his counsel again. The Railway Safety Act was first introduced in 2023 after the train accident in East Palestine, Ohio, where chemicals were vented and burned, causing environmental damage and horrific visuals. Then-Sen. JD Vance was among the bipartisan group of legislators who introduced the bill. Trump, then campaigning for ...