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.
DEAR ABBY: My husband and I are in our 40s. Last year, we decided to make a very big change in our lives. We decided to seek out a second wife (sister wife) for my husband. I was completely on board with it at first. He reached out to a woman he knew years ago and asked if she would consider joining our family. However, I started getting this feeling that she wasn’t the right woman to bring into our family. She ignored many of my in-depth questions about why she wanted to live this type of life.
After our very long, and sometimes very frustrating, session came to a close, I was pondering the best way to report the impactful pieces of legislation that will become law this year to my constituents.
President Joe Biden’s May visit to Asia has been timely especially in the wider context of international developments, in Europe, the Americas and elsewhere. China’s sustained military buildup requires a diplomatic and strategic response, and clearly, this is a principal – though not the only – incentive for the trip.
In the wake of the leaked draft opinion by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito overturning Roe v. Wade, there’s been a tidal wave of commentary on the Court’s politicization. Much of it recently argues that the Court has fallen prey to the same partisanship and polarization that have marked American politics in recent decades.
We officially concluded the 2022 legislative session at 5 p.m. on Friday, May 27. Of the many accomplishments this year, I’m very proud of the historic budget we approved, especially in how it will support our rural communities.
DEAR ABBY: My dad, who is nearing 80, has been married to my stepmom, “Ruth,” for nearly 35 years. She has always been temperamental and controlling to a degree, but during the last few years it has become abundantly clear that she’s emotionally abusive to my dad.
DEAR ABBY: I survived 17 years of abuse. I’m slowly healing and now in a healthy relationship I enjoy. My ex did what most abusers do in these situations: He isolated me from my family. He would force me to say mean things to my sisters and parents to keep them away and make them hate me.
DEAR ABBY: A couple of months ago, I moved from my mother’s into an apartment with a friend I had rekindled a high school friendship with a few years back. The first month in, I noticed she had eaten a few of my freezer meals, so I confronted her about it. She started crying and told me she was waiting for a new debit card in the mail and had limited cash to get her through until the card arrived. I told her she should have said something, and I would have happily let her have some of my food, but for her not to ask was rude because I rely on those freezer meals for quick and easy lunches at work.
DEAR ABBY: I come from a nice family. My siblings are thoughtful and kind, but one of my brothers is a conversational narcissist. He drones on for hours (if we let him) without asking a single question to engage another person.