Opinion

Like most adults in Clay and Ray counties, on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, I was at work.

Beating up on children figuratively by putting their lives at risk literally headlines Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s U.S. Senate campaign.

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Lies and half-truths are the stuff of myth, not history. True history, like true science, should be objective.

WARRENSBURG – Steve Walsh, 63, Ashland, died Aug. 19.

This is a reminder to take on the responsibility to come out next Tuesday, Aug. 3, and vote no on the jail sales tax proposal.

There will be a new Ray County Jail. The only question is whether to build it now by voting yes Tuesday or to kick it down the road, selfishly leaving others to do later what should be done now.

It was 50 years since the ratification of the 26th Amendment on July 1 of this year. Despite being one of American history classes’ most unheralded, this amendment was a landmark constitutional addition which lowered the eligible age of voting from 21 years old to 18.

Most families with children across Ray and Clay counties began receiving money last week they might not have expected from Washington. In the usual display of disunity, Democrats alone in March passed the American Rescue Plan with a vital provision for many families – the expanded Child Tax Credit.

We must take the pains to bring all the facts to light before agreeing to a new jail tax. Sheriff Childers says he wants what’s best for Ray County.