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We’re one-third of the way through the 2021 legislative session. We still have the whole month of March and about a week and a half of April left to go.
The one thing I keep hearing as we trudge on through the slaughterhouse where the legislative sausage is made is where are tax reform bills from Gov. Jim Justice.
Justice spent part of last week talking about his plans to reduce the personal income tax by holding virtual town halls to talk about those plans and take submitted questions. The first town hall was announced with barely several hours’ notice, which didn’t lend itself to many questions. The second town hall was more successful as far as it goes.
Given that this is a crime and justice column, it is pretty safe to say this will likely be the only time I do a movie review. But considering the subject matte
On the Water: Beautiful weather to close out the month
By Capt. Bill Russell - | Mar 3, 2021
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Nick and Jane Mohar of St. James City and friends took advantage of beautiful weather to fish nearshore reefs in gulf waters. They boxed good eating sheepshead, snapper and grunts on a morning fishing trip with Capt. Bill Russell.
Overall, it was a great week on the water with plenty of sunshine and blue skies to close out the month. Bottom fishing was good in gulf waters and the inshore bite was on and off.
In the Gulf of Mexico, fishing depths from 80 to 110 feet yielded red grouper, a mixed snapper bag consisting of mangrove, lane, yellowtail and vermilion, plus porgy and grunts. Sharks, amberjack and goliath grouper were caught and released as well. Within sight of land, in depths from 25 to 50 feet, large sheepsheads, plus mangrove snapper and grunts were caught, plus catch-and-release gag grouper and undersize red grouper. We fished 40-foot depths over several days
WASHINGTON Former president Donald Trump emerged from 38 days of self-enforced silence for a lengthy speechat the Conservative Political Action Conference (
Mar 3, 2021
PHILADELPHIA (AP) When she first arrived in Albany to work as a legislative aide in 2013, New York Assembly Member Yuh-Line Niou had lawmakers grab her buttocks, suggest she and her boss were “a hot duo” who should have sex, and peer into her office to check her out for a “hot or not” list.
Niou, then a chief of staff in her late 20s, never reported it. She feared it would unfairly drag down her boss. But the experiences stayed with her.
She bristled Monday at the response from Gov. Andrew Cuomo to allegations he sexually harassed two young women in state government, remarks some on social media called a “faux-pology” that blames victims for misinterpreting his “good-natured” jokes.