Let there be no doubt that it costs lots of money to renovate and build new schools. It also took a lot of money to construct the current Clinton Middle School building 87 years ago. The same can be said for some of the buildings at Nance and Southwest Elementary schools that have been in use for more than half a century.

We’ve officially passed the second reading deadline to hear measures in our chamber, which typically means we’re about halfway through this session.

● Gasoline is hitting record prices, so every little action you can take to be as fuel-efficient as possible helps. The easiest way to improve efficiency by as much as 20%? Drive the posted speed limit. Driving faster doesn't typically get you where you're going any sooner, and riding the gas pedal wastes a lot of fuel. Also, if you do need to accelerate to, say, pass a car, avoid flooring it to cut back on fuel waste.

A Facebook item posted the other day by Sarah Huckabee Sanders, onetime Trump administration minister of disinformation and current Arkansas gubernatorial candidate, features a photo of Sanders grinning like a possum in front of her campaign truck. Prominent in the foreground is a supermarket sign advertising GUNS/AMMO.