December 2022

Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema switches to independent ByJONATHANJ.COOPER and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona says she has switched her registration to independent. But the first-term senator also says she doesn’t plan to caucus with Republicans and that will ensure Democrats retain their narrow voting majority in the Senate. Sinema has frustrated Democratic colleagues at times with her overtures to Republicans and opposition to party priorities. She told the AP on Friday that that won’t change much, but is “further affirmation” of a style “working across all the political boundaries” to get things done.

These photos by Steve Nash show Frank Hilton, a volunteer with the Lehnis Railroad Museum in Brownwood, talking to Northwest Elementary School first-grade students about the railroad Friday afternoon. Students from Northwest visited the museum on a field trip.

These photos by Steve Nash show first-grade students from Northwest Elementary School riding the mini-train at the Lehnis Railroad Museum Friday. The students visited the museum on a field trip.