Revenues are down compared to last year

We’re now headed into the fourth week of the legislative session and have completed two full weeks of work on bills in the Senate’s policy committees. Some of these measures will head directly to the Senate floor for consideration, while many of the bills have a fiscal impact and must be considered by the Appropriations Committee before advancing.

Grieving only child feels like a failure

DEAR HARRIETTE: My mom passed away this year suddenly and tragically. I am still in shock about it. I was her only child. All we had was each other, and that’s all I let her leave with.

Bridesmaid contemplates dropping out

DEAR HARRIETTE: What do you do if you’re a bridesmaid, but the wedding expenses are mounting? This is my best friend’s wedding, and I’d hate to miss out, but some of these things are too demanding: engagement party, bridal shower, bachelorette party, dress, hair, makeup, alterations and more. The list of events and expenses just keeps growing. Should I bring this up to the bride, or politely bow out? – Bridesmaid Duties DEAR BRIDESMAID DUTIES:

Elizabeth Ko, M.D.

Dear Doctors: I saw where a doctor wrote a book about what happened to his skin when he stopped bathing for a few years. He said our skin has a microbiome, and he wanted to learn more about it. Is that the same thing as the gut microbiome? What does taking a bath have to do with it?

Democrats are learning: It’s not 2017

Recently, Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, raised the prospect of impeaching President Donald Trump over the Justice Department’s decision to withdraw the indictment of New York City Mayor Eric Adams. The Trump administration is engaged in “an attack on the Department of Justice for engaging in corruption prosecutions,” Raskin told CBS. Such behavior “could be impeachable in a different political environment.”

Thinking about my non-blond hair

Isaw a photo of an author I admire recently, and she had no hair. I worried she was ill, so I immediately investigated. She was not ill. She had cut off all her hair and had done it for good reasons, she said. She had done a lot of thinking about her hair – a lot more than I had.

This is worse than the event on Jan. 6

President Trump’s current assault on the basic structure of democracy represents a far more serious threat than the occupation of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

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