Opinion

Winter and Wildlife

During very cold and vicious winter weather, wild creatures need much more food than they need during the mild stretches that we love to see. The acorns that were as thick as I have seen them in a long time, become scarce in February and March, so we are coming upon the lean time of the year, the bottleneck that wildlife species must pass through before the arrival of spring, when there is replenishment and abundance once again.
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Capitol Discussion

A new year gives us an opportunity for a fresh start and to make positive changes to the way we live. No matter what our resolutions are, we can agree on hoping 2023 will be better than the past.
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State Capitol Week in Review

LITTLE ROCK –School choice, prison expansion and tax cuts are expected to be the highlights of the 2023 regular legislative session that convenes on Monday, January 9. Also on the agenda will be legislation to improve the reading skills of elementary school students.
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First District

This week, Members-elect for the 118th Congress gathered to elect a speaker, be sworn in, and start legislative business. While nominating Kevin Mc-Carthy on Wednesday, Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH) said, “We have a border that is no longer a border, we have a military that can’t meet its recruitment goals, we have bad energy policy, bad education policy, record spending, record inflation, record debt and a government that has been weaponized against we the people.” After 15 separate votes, the House of Representatives elected Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) to be Speaker of the House and Members were sworn in at 1:40 a.m.
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Just Another Passing of Night

There won’t be any New Year’s Eve party here on Lightnin’ Ridge. Things will be about like they are almost every night during the winter. Before midnight, a pair of raccoons will be ambling along the small creek that leads down to the river, looking for food that is becoming harder to find because the crawdads are in deep water and the frogs are buried in the mud, just as it has been for hundreds and hundreds of years.
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