Editor's note: This is an updated version of a past commentary written several years ago around the anniversary of 9/11. Has it really been 25 years since the September 11 attacks? Consider this: Nearly half the U.S. population—45 percent—was either not yet born or too young to remember ...
“Never forget.” What did we mean, when we declared as a country that we would forever remember the events and lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001? What do those words mean to the people born afterward? They are Gen Z and Gen Alpha, now. All they know is what they read in history books, what they hear from us, and how they see the rest of us living after we declared we would forever honor the memory of those who died in attacks by a small band of religious extremist terrorists. “The attacks of September 11th were intended to break our spirit. Instead, we have emerged stronger and ...
President Donald Trump has been working day and night to make sure Americans can’t freely and fairly exercise their right to vote this fall, and he will continue to use any and all of the institutions he controls to make sure that happens. But he doesn’t control the people, at least not those in Washington state. Over the past 30 days Trump has overtaxed federal courts and the United States Postal Service to make sure his scheme will work this November and beyond. And now, in an emergency request, the administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the Postal Service to ...
Fans judge their favorite team’s season on myriad events—wins and losses, overall and individual performances, the level of competition, game-changing plays, untimely penalties, the cost of attending a game, and on and on. But every season also develops its own narrative—a simple ...
More than a year ago, U.S. Sen. Jim Justice, R-W.Va., introduced Senate Bill 2612 — the Stopping Addiction and Falls for the Elderly Act. It’s a bipartisan effort incorporates risk assessments and prevention services for falls into annual wellness visits and initial preventive physical exams under Medicare, as well as associated services provided by physical therapists and occupational therapists. And it’s been stuck in the Senate Finance Committee since July 31, 2025. It’s hard not to wonder if its momentum hasn’t been hijacked by that other bill with the very similar ...
Technology can be a wonderful thing — when it is working properly and we understand it. Though it doesn’t always deliver on its promises, it seems one improvement in the technology in the Hope Scholarship Program IS delivering what taxpayers demand. State Treasurer Larry Pack, also chairman of the Hope Scholarship Board, said last week that TheoPay Fulfillment has increased productivity for processing orders by 42% as families start using 2026-27 school year funding. There is an AI component to that success (it reviews eligible orders under $75), but the TheoPay Self-Serve ...
