Criminal justice reform bills are advancing

Typically, only half of the bills make it to this point in session. This year, of the 1,050 Senate bills filed, less than 460 made it to the House. The House started with nearly 2,000 bills, but only 420 survived.

TODAY IN HISTORY

In 1634, the first English colonists arrived at St. Clement’s Island in Maryland to establish the settlement of St. Mary’s. In 1807, the British Parliament passed the Slave Trade Act, abolishing the slave trade in the British Empire.

TODAY IN HISTORY

In 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s antislavery novel, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” was published. In 1952, the U.S. Senate ratified a peace treaty returning sovereignty to Japan. In 1987, the FDA approved AZT, a drug shown to delay the development of AIDS.

Government has made us criminals

We read about a law professor from Louisiana State University who said because there are so many laws on the books, there is no one living in the United States over 18 that can’t be charged with a crime. That’s not hard to believe when you look at the number of laws for us to abide by.

It was time for me to write another column

Hi there! I’m back at my desk at the Clinton Daily News with another column. At Southwest School events are going pretty well. So far as we are having March Madness basketball games at the school for all classes.

Will Rogers Says

But a politician is just like a pickpocket; it’s almost impossible to get one to reform. — 1923 Party Politics is the most narrow minded occupation in the World. — 1925 If you ever injected truth into politics you have no politics.

Washington’s new power couple

Meet the unlikely new power couple of Washington, D.C. One is a former private equity baron, the other worked in the family carpet and furniture business.

Wonderful medicine for the soul

On the first ever papal visit to Iraq, Pope Francis said: "We know how easy it is to be infected by the virus of discouragement that at times seems to spread all around us." He was talking to a persecuted people, but he was also talking to every one of us.

TODAY IN HISTORY

Today is the 78th day of 2021 and the 89th day of winter. TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1918, the U.S. Congress established time zones and approved daylight saving time. In 1931, the Nevada state legislature voted to legalize gambling.

Ocular melanoma is very rare, aggressive cancer

Dear Doctor: Our neighbor was diagnosed with cancer in his right eye. It’s called ocular melanoma. I don’t want to bother him or his wife with a lot of questions, but I’d like to know more about the disease. Can you explain about risk factors and symptoms? How common is it?