Columnist Byron Williams once wrote, “Interesting, breezy gossip has its charm. Men like it as well as women.” In fact he claimed men were worse than women, when it came to gossiping.
The Office of Public Instruction bungled a key program to boost starting teacher pay, and the number of districts using it recently fell by nearly half, according to a report Thursday to a legislative committee.
Stephanie Land writes, "This ordinance will limit our community’s ability to fully function. Resources will go to enforcement rather than programs that offer support."
Out of a $60 million funding pool, Utah is set to receive $20 million from the Federal Highway Administration to partner with Wyoming and Colorado in the endeavor.
A fee tacked onto the delivery of many retail and online purchases could generate millions of dollars a year for maintaining city and county roads in Washington.
State Rep. Charlie Conrad of Dexter changed his registration to the Independent Party of Oregon after losing his May primary in a landslide over his April 2023 vote to protect access to abortion and gender-affirming care.