Mayor Smith, local leaders encouraged by Washington reception
Mayor Robert Smith returned from Washington, D.C. Wednesday with good news — state senators and representatives were “receptive and sympathetic” to his attempt to secure federal funding for the Highway 45 bypass and a 14th Avenue drainage ditch project.
White House allies produce preschool-for-all plan
Days before President Barack Obama outlines his agenda for the coming year, a think tank with close ties to the White House is outlining a plan that would provide preschool for all children within five years.
