DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend, “Paul,” and I have been together for 18 months. We are both divorced and each have two children. Mine are in college. His are in elementary and middle school. They stay overnight with him on the weekends.
The Legislature met this week in special session, which we called last month to distribute $1.8 billion in federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding to help Oklahoma’s economy continue to recover from the pandemic.
Dear editor, The two letters on 6-14-2022, one by Larry Inman, and the other by Deane Carlberg, were both excellent. The point of Mr.
Dear editor, Over the past two years we’ve seen major setbacks in the fight against AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria as resources were diverted to deal with COVID-19. It is imperative we get back on track with these three diseases, continue fighting COVID-19, and prepare for future pandemics.
“The Eagle has landed.” Astronaut Neil Armstrong transmitted that striking statement back to Earth on July 20, 1969 from the surface of the Moon. President John F.
‘Human beings too often lust for power’ Dear editor, The drummers of American suspicions march relentlessly across our various media venues, messaging a “Call” sometimes subliminally, sometimes blatantly, to ready ears: “To arms! To arms! The enemy is here!” And the “enemy” is? Well, it seems just about anyone who disagrees with the drummers’ choruses, any fellow citizen who abides by other “Calls,” not to arms, but “Calls” to think about how things “are,” not how the “drummers” declare they are. The enemy is any fellow citizen who abides by the “Call” to seek middle ground, to pursue the things which make for peace and build up the common life.
DEAR ABBY: A few months ago, my daughter told me she was with her boyfriend at the local bowling alley and they were kissing and hugging. When she went to use the ladies’ room, she was followed by an older woman who proceeded to “advise” my daughter about the local family planning clinic, as well as offer her opinion that teenagers need to be very careful in their sex lives so they don’t end up as young parents and derail their futures.
DEAR ABBY: My daughter and her partner have two children, an 8-month-old and a 3-year-old. Whenever they get home, if a child is sleeping in the car seat, one of them will stay in the vehicle until the child wakes up. They don’t want to bring the child inside the house because the child will wake up.
DEAR ABBY: I am a 29-year-old woman in a healthy, loving relationship with my boyfriend of 2 1/2 years. We talk about marriage and kids and are committed to each other. We know we are each other’s special one. He recently bought a home, and we live together. My issue is with my mother. I feel she won’t be happy with me until I’m married and have children.
When I’m travelling in House District 27, I continually hear from constituents who are concerned about the prevalence of unlicensed marijuana grows in their communities. Addressing these illegal actions were a top priority for the Legislature this session. This year, we focused on bolstering regulations for medical marijuana businesses, with an emphasis on grow operations.