Una Osili: Expand private, public support for higher education
Widening educational opportunities can dramatically increase the number of residents with postsecondary training and build a future talent base.
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Deborah Hearn Smith: We must do better by our children in 2019
A focus at both the local and state level should be to encourage business development that will provide full time jobs with a living wage.
Leah McGrath: The difference a few with a passion can make
The impact of the committee’s efforts is felt year round.
Karen Celestino-Horseman: Be the voice for our animal companions
We can and must do better. As government cannot or will not, we all need to step-up.
Beverly Gard: Cooperatives provide quality service in many industries
As models of providing health care continue to change and evolve, home health care cooperatives are growing rapidly.
John McDonald: GM shifted gears; you should shift your mindset
I’m optimistic the jobs aren’t gone for good, just shifting.
Brandt Hershman: Teacher-pay debate raises many questions
The bottom line is that if we wish to attract top level talent to teaching, we have to pay reasonable salaries. But reasonable is going to be the subject of a lively debate.
Ed DeLaney: Lawmakers should require minimum teacher pay
We have dozens of school districts that pay starting teachers less than $35,00 a year.
Tom LoBianco: What’s a party to do after a political wave?
Among the House Republicans … there seems to have been little introspection, despite losing the House again.
Jennifer Wagner: Tradition grounds nation’s otherwise chaotic politics
The bedrock of democracy is strong, and so are we, even when it doesn’t always feel like the ground beneath us is a solid as it used to be.
Riley Parr: Millennials are nabbing opportunities in politics
In spite of general attitudes about my generation, some millennials are taking matters into their own hands—and doing it quite well.
Bill Oesterle: The shifting politics of the suburbs
The real growth areas of the state are the suburbs. Until 2016, this was a trend that overwhelmingly benefited Republicans. That may have changed.
Michael Leppert: ‘Sore loser’ sessions illustrate struggle to let power go
Even Republican voters should be disgusted, or at a minimum, turned off by strategies like these.
Christina Hale: Lawmakers should buckle down, do the people’s work
It doesn’t take much sweat to work a little harder, hear a few extra bills and put in a few more hours of research and discussion.
Richard Feldman: The collateral damage of the war on opioids
Patients with legitimate chronic pain are commonly weaned down on dosage … or told they will no longer receive opioids.
Marshawn Wolley: Leaders must look long term when tackling problems
Bush reminds us that leadership isn’t always doing the people’s will; sometimes it’s helping us find our better selves.
Jim Shella: George Bush, a guy who did things his own way
I can’t imagine any other politician handling it that way.
Deborah Daniels: Bush’s death marks the end of historic era
The 41st president was likely better prepared to serve as president of the United States than any president before or after his tenure.
Curt Smith: Sen. Young leads innovation in social services
The least fortunate among us will get better help and government will at a minimum pay for more effective services.
Abdul-Hakim Shabazz: ’Tis the season to be offended
You can’t judge a 1944 song using 2018 standards.