Thank you, Mr. Lynn, for your article supporting a new transportation program. Every dollar spent on highway construction, and this includes local county bridges and city street paving, equals three dollars in economic development. Even…

Sen. John McCain led the way toward sensible immigration reform before angry politics turned him around 180 degrees. Last week Arizona Republicans passed a punitive immigration bill that requires police there to stop anyone they…

As the Kansas Legislature tackles the state budget, Gov. Mark Park-inson’s proposed three-year one-penny increase in the state sales tax will be on the table. The budget is out of balance by $400 million, or…

I am writing in concern of the four-wheeler situation in our town. I called to find out if you could ride a moped on the streets. I was told that if it is 49cc or…

When I read Friday’s paper and saw that decorating the downtown of Iola would result in losing parking spaces I wondered how stupid some people can get.The stores are there to sell things. But how…

Friday, the Kansas Policy Institute (KPI) purchased a full-page advertisement in the Iola Register to inform you the total aid per pupil in area school districts had increased, and that school districts began this year…

A new 10-year, $8.2 billion highway program sits waiting for lawmakers to reconvene in Topeka Wednesday to wind up the 2010 session. A bill spelling out how the program would be paid for was approved…

Tax increases will be on the minds of Kansas lawmakers when they return to their desks next Wednesday. The prospective budget deficit remains above $400 million, despite two straight years of painful spending cuts. Without…

This is the year when the heirs of the super rich bought sky-diving lessons for dad, fed him prime rib twice a day and told him, “what the heck, a third martini can’t hurt. You…

The fight to pass legislation that will rein in the big banks and make another recession-causing collapse of credit less likely is one the American people can surely win. Victory became even more likely last…