The most important thing for us is to save lives.

National is willing to help us out if we ask but the goal is for each municipality to stand on its own feet.

Anything will help to curtail these roadside fires from getting onto private property.

Reforming public education, cutting property taxes, fixing adult and child protective services and funding our budget can all occur when Democrats and Republicans engage in consensus and cooperation - not cynicism and combat.

As Americans, we don't see the role of government as guaranteeing outcomes, but allowing free men and women to flourish based on their own vision, their hard work and their personal responsibility.

Those jobs flee other states because of factors like excessive taxation, punitive regulation and frivolous lawsuits.