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Ennis Inc. last week reported fiscal fourth-quarter earnings of $6.7 million.

DUBUQUE, Iowa – Vera Rasnake laughed as she led a trio of barking, jostling dogs into the Iowa Greyhound Park, but her smile faded when she acknowledged that after 41 years of being around the sleek animals, her sport was teetering on extinction.

On Wednesday, Congressman Jake Ellzey (TX-06), whose district includes Ellis County, joined 28 of his colleagues in sending a letter to President Joe Biden expressing concerns with provisions in the president's fiscal year 2023 budget that threaten the stepped-up tax basis and impose 'marked-to-market' capital gains taxes on property such as farmland that has been held in families for 90 years or more.

The motto for Great Valley High School and its 1,400 students in the Pennsylvania borough of Malvern, about 25 miles west of Philadelphia, is “Creating a new age of learning.” It may be helping create a new age of conversation, too. By all accounts, political polarization is growing in the United States, having seeped into schools during the pandemic over what steps were needed – or not – to protect children from COVID-19 and now spreading to issues including critical race theory and gender identity.

Chris Roark, croark@gannett.com It’s not uncommon for young children to get excited when they see a police officer up close and personal. But when Chris… Login to continue reading Login…