Having a Mow-ment

Darren Blair   Shop the Insanity By all rights, today was pretty productive. The weather was warm and clear, something it hadn’t been for a fairly long time. The chest congestion I’d been dealing with for a few days was mostly under control, so I was feeling more like myself.

Willful blindness

Lynette Sowell My front porch There is the old story of the emperor’s new clothes in which a young child stated the obvious that everyone else was ignoring. I won’t repeat the story, because I believe most everyone knows it. I recently watched a TED talk about something called willful blindness.

Can you free yourself of some investment-related taxes?

Alan Horn Financial Focus Tax Freedom Day generally falls around this time each year. This is the day when the nation as a whole has earned enough money to pay off its total tax bill for the year, according to the calculations made by the Tax Foundation.

Registration opens for Five Hills Scholarship Pageant

T he application period for the Five Hills Scholarship Pageant, formerly the Rabbit Fest Pageant, is officially open until May 1. Applications can be downloaded at www.rabbitfestpageant.com.

Mercy Me

Renae Brumbaugh Green I spend entirely too much time thinking about money. I think about not having enough of it. I think about getting more of it. I think about how I’m gonna spend the money I do have, and how I’m not gonna spend the money I don’t have.

How the GOP Crackup Happens

Rich Lowry Less than two weeks after the unveiling of the GOP Obamacare replacement, the party is already staring into the abyss. The bill has had the worst rollout of any major piece of legislation in memory, and failure is very much an option.

Senate panel OKs budget for upcoming two-year period

Ed Sterling A state budget for fiscal years 2018-2019 cleared the first in a series of hurdles when the Senate Finance Committee unanimously approved committee substitute Senate Bill 1 on March 22. The legislation next moves to the full Senate for consideration.