This allows state agencies and regulations to respond.

That's how a lot of agencies have been born or made it over the hump. The demise of one allows some people to get their start.

The fires there were contained and no longer were a threat prior to a declaration being made.

It's dry. It's way too dry. We haven't had anything like this in years.

It's a truism to say that my state, Texas, isn't a red state: It's a nonvoting state.

During the '70s, a long list of state, local and federal regulations came into being that cumulatively relegated too many Californians to a lifetime of renting.