Traffic is only one of the side effects of growth

There is no country on earth with a stronger tradition of protecting the public's right to know.

But the fact is, no matter how good the teacher, how small the class, how focused on quality education the school may be none of this matters if we ignore the individual needs of our students.

We will never forget those like my great-grandfather who fought at Vicksburg.

We changed the names of our technical schools to colleges, we expanded the eligibility for HOPE scholarships for technical training, and we added some formula funding.

In my first year as governor, we solved some of the problems that had begun to undermine the Open Records Act. We gave the act teeth by providing criminal penalties for knowing violations.

The First Amendment rejects red tape, cover-up and double-speak.