West Virginia’s Joe Manchin is one of the most powerful people in the U.S. Senate. The conservative Democratic senator is the crucial 50th person giving his party the majority.

For the second time in less than 20 years, a California governor is facing a recall. Voters will answer yes or no if Gavin Newsom should continue as governor.

By Lynn Wheat, Podcast Contributor |

On Thursday the Sacramento Central Groundwater Authority will conduct a special meeting for the purpose of gathering comments on the Groundwater Sustainability Plan.

One of the programs within the plan is the so-called Harvest Water project. While this plan is meant to provide agricultural users with an alternate source of water, could the use of sewer water be dedicated for other purposes?

Emboldened by recent SCOTUS decisions, the week President Biden fired Andrew Saul, Trump’s appointee heading the Social Security Administration.

By Dan Schmitt | 

One of my earliest memories involves reading.  I was about three when I began crawling up on my father’s lap each Sunday morning and listening while he read the comics to me. Although I didn’t understand much about those comics at such a young age, listening to Dad chuckle as he read the likes of Beetle Bailey, Dagwood, and Blondie, and Bringing up Father made me understand that, somehow, words on a page were magical.

We have reached the halfway point of 2021, and things for America are much better. But there could be dark clouds ahead.

By Lynn Wheat |

The transparency, outreach, and messaging of the Sacramento Central Groundwater Authority and its member agencies, including Elk Grove Water District and the City of Elk Grove, have not sufficiently engaged the public.

This week I attended the funeral mass of the father of dear friends. Days before his 98th birthday, Patrick left a large family of children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and friends.

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By Lynn Wheat |

In a few days, the Elk Grove City Council will conduct a hearing on a new housing development in Elk Grove. Not only should the city council urge the project to be renamed to recognize a nearby landmark of international repute, but they should also take the opportunity to suggest the developers recognize and Elk Grove VIP.

There was a significant development in what was Elk Grove’s largest ever proposed project.