It is time to talk about countywide zoning

Devotion shows itself in many ways. Devotion is seen on damp spring mornings as volunteers place small flags or fresh flower arrangements on the graves of fallen service men and women, taking care to make them neat and clean. Devotion can be seen in the soapy hands and bent backs of those who volunteer their time to scrub accumulated grime off headstones and grave markers, weathered, but sti...

Each May about 4 million young people graduate from high schools across the country. The ceremonies are similar. Family, friends and relatives gather on football fields or gymnasiums. Music plays and young people in robes solemnly process. Speeches are given. Tears are shed. There is polite laughter as the school official delivers the same joke for the 23rd year in a row. Names are called. Dipl...

Small business owners are struggling to keep up with the rising cost of health care. Nearly a third have stopped offering health benefits as premiums continue to climb. It is critical that lawmakers understand the reasons for rising costs and begin to address them – or small businesses will continue to drop health coverage due to unsustainable costs. One of these reasons is hospitals' exploit...