It's not as much a raise as it is catching up with the salary increases that haven't been made. We firmly believe that an increase of at least 5 percent to 5.5 percent is what's called for.

I've seen it for years. Girls typically score one full grade point level above boys.

Solid figures on health care increases aren't released by providers until April, so our discussions probably will be put off.

There's a great deal of bow hunters in Montana.

I had a guitar when I was 6 or 7, a plastic guitar with the Beatles' faces on it. It would be a collector's item now. It would fetch a hefty sum, I imagine.

We need to understand the difference between freedom of religion - which is absolutely guaranteed and I would fervently defend. Sharia law is politics; it's not religion. If you say that a woman is voluntarily going to be of lesser value than a man, which is in sharia law, can we allow that?