Something to celebrate

The Statehouse press corps was outside the Capitol Annex just now, puffing on cigars. It wasn’t that the session had ended (though that’d be cause for celebration too). It was the arrival of little Rachel Ann Miller, 6 pounds, 15 ounces, daughter of AP reporter John Miller, second from right, and wife Melanie. Rachel, the couple’s first child, was born at 10:15 on Saturday night after 14 hours of labor, and the proud new father reported that mother and daughter are both doing fine.