Opinion

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.

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.

The 94th General Assembly will convene at noon on Monday, January 9. The House will have 26 new members taking the oath of office and 74 returning members.

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.

I would like to comment on Marion County Quorum Court. On the day of the December13th, 2022, I went to the quorum Court meeting.

LITTLE ROCK — LeadAR, the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture’s leadership program, is accepting applications for its next class of leaders. For Arkansans who are passionate about the futures of their communities, LeadAR provides an indepth learning experience covering important economic and social issues impacting the state.

There is misinformation about deer rubs on trees that you see in the fall and winter. No, the story that those rubs you see are made by bucks whose velvet antlers are itching and they need to get rid of drying velvet, the bloodfilled covering of young, forming antlers, isn’t completely accurate.