School is likely to be different this fall. In many states, classrooms that normally would have been open by mid-August will not be occupied until September or October, if then. Whether the education process for millions of children will involve in-person teaching or “distance learning,” ...

This fall, many voters will be leery of casting ballots at polling places. That has renewed the debate over absentee ballots cast by mail. There is genuine reason to have concerns about mail-in ballots. Will everyone desiring to vote that way have access to the process? Will the unscrupulous ...

Pope Francis is telling Roman Catholic leaders they must do what most people — including the overwhelming majority of the church’s faithful — would do without being told: report cases of sexual abuse of children and vulnerable adults to the police. A long awaited manual of guidance ...

Some of the men and women who serve us in uniform suffer wounds or other injuries that lead to a lifetime of sacrifice for us. In return, taxpayers help the most severely affected purchase specially adapted motor vehicles — once. U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, ...

Group saves animals Most people love animals. When it comes to pets, some prefer dogs, others cats. But not every dog or cat out there has a good home. Some are strays. Some are abused. Some of their owners just cannot keep them for whatever reason. Thank goodness then for the Martin County ...

Sometime this fall, Minnesota schools are going to start educating students again. Exactly when this will be, and exactly how this will happen, is up in the air right now. But there are things that need to be done to be ready for it, whenever that is. Teaching positions need to be filled, and ...