Breaking News

Local columns

Almanac for June 8, 2026

Today is Monday, June 8, the 159th day of 2026. There are 206 days left in the year. Today in history: In 2023, Donald Trump was indicted by a grand jury in Miami on 37 felony counts related to the alleged mishandling of classified documents that had been moved to Mar-a-Lago, Trump's Florida home. (The case was abandoned following Trump's November 2024 presidential election victory.) Also on this date: In 1789, in an address to the U.S. House of Representatives, James Madison proposed amending the Constitution to include a Bill of Rights. In 1949, George Orwell's novel "1984" ...

Price gouging is whose problem?

Horrors. The profiteers running this year's World Cup are forcing fans to shell out thousands for a single ticket. But they're not. FIFA, which oversees the once-every-four-years soccer tournament, is slapping astounding prices on the tickets. No one has to buy them. This should be very ...

Trump wants acting intelligence director to make cuts in office

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday he wants his new acting director of national intelligence, Bill Pulte, to cut the office, which has already been significantly scaled back during his second term. Trump noted that the size of the office has been "way too high ...

Almanac for June 6, 2026

Today is Saturday, June 6, the 157th day of 2026. There are 208 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1944, during World War II, nearly 160,000 Allied troops landed in Normandy, France, on D-Day as they launched Operation Overlord to liberate German-occupied Western Europe. More than 4,400 Allied troops were killed on D-Day, including 2,501 Americans. Also on this date: In 1844, the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) was founded in London. In 1889, an industrial accident sparked a devastating fire in Seattle, Washington, destroying 120 acres of the city center, ...

The Chamber is “the Search Engine” of the Community

At a recent Chamber Board meeting, we were sharing some of the many questions and requests that come through our office every single day when a board member said, “The Chamber is basically the Internet Search Engine of the community.” Honestly? That might be one of the most accurate ...

Bureaucrats in the way

Is your business "needed"? Bizarrely, in many states, if you want to start a business, you first must convince bureaucrats that your business is "needed." Four years ago, Louisiana blocked social worker Ursula Newell-Davis from helping kids with special needs. Bureaucrats said she hadn't ...