The State of Illinois reported customers spent nearly $3.2 million on legal marijuana at 37 dispensaries on January 1, 2020 – the first day in the state’s history recreational use became legal. More than 77,000 people purchased the drug from dispensaries, which also sell medical cannabis, that are spread throughout the state except for nine […]
Reporter’s Notebook
Reporter’s Notebook: 3 views from Marion
As you prepare to turn the page to our coverage of 2019 Annual Meeting, please consider these observations from our reporting team in Marion. It’s a brief look at our yearly big Baptist family reunion. The Meeting that almost wasn’t Some years, the Annual Meeting theme emerges quickly, and with it the content to populate […]
If ever the SBC needed leadership…
We might feel sorry for the next president of the Southern Baptist Convention. Three of our leading SBC entities are without presidents, and the incoming convention president will find himself leading in the aftermath of a firestorm. At least we hope it’s the aftermath. One resigned because of personal moral failure (Frank Page of the […]
Reporters Notebook: Growing up, letting go
As an adult, especially as a parent, it’s easy to want to lock the doors, pull down the shades, and resolve to just make life work inside our house for the next 15 years. Read…
SBC rematch: We’ve been here before
J.D. Greear and Ken Hemphill will both run for president of the SBC. At issue: Will a rematch this time around be divisive? Comments by Gaines point to doubtful; comments by Richard Land say otherwise. Read…