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Rally for public schools 02/12/2025 11:00 PM
Voucher bill passes Senate, arrives in House
Voucher bill passes Senate, arrives in House
A bill to implement school vouchers in Texas sailed through the Senate largely on party lines last week and now awaits consideration in the House, the Austin American-Statesman reported. House Speaker Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, said he believes there are enough votes in that chamber to pass the legislation, which was defeated a half-dozen times in 2023 by a coalition of Democratic and rural Republican members. 02/12/2025 11:00 PM
Patrick releases 25 legislative priorities
Patrick releases 25 legislative priorities
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has released his top 25 legislative priorities as the legislative session gets underway, The Texas Tribune reported. They include banning all forms of consumable THC, the psychoactive ingredient in CBD products; increasing the school homestead exemption from $100,000 to $140,000; a Texas version of a government oversight department to improve governmental efficiency; and measures to shore up the state’s electric grid and water supply. 02/05/2025 11:00 PM
Love because he first loved us
Love because he first loved us
There is a lot of sickness that is going around. I hope everyone is feeling better. There was so much sickness going around that Fairfield and Teague shut down on Friday, Jan. 31. There was other schools that shutdown due to sickness as well. 02/05/2025 11:00 PM
$1 billion for vouchers, $5 billion for teachers?
$1 billion for vouchers, $5 billion for teachers?
Legislative budget writers are proposing nearly $5 billion to increase teacher pay and $1 billion to implement a school voucher program in the next biennium, the Austin American-Statesman reported. 01/29/2025 11:00 PM
Letter to the Editor
Letter to the Editor
Concerned about ‘anti-ethical’ values 01/29/2025 11:00 PM
Hegar releases biennial revenue forecast
Hegar releases biennial revenue forecast
The Texas Legislature begins its work creating a state budget for the next two years with slightly less revenue available than it had during the previous biennium. 01/22/2025 11:00 PM
Don’t jump on the hot stove
Don’t jump on the hot stove
The first time I ever heard the term, “best and brightest,” was about the cabinet that President Kennedy assembled in 1961. Lyndon Johnson, coming back from the first meeting, was in awe of their knowledge and described their brilliance to Sam Rayburn. Rayburn replied that he would be more comfortable if at least one of them had at least run for county sheriff. Subsequently, these same people buried us in Vietnam. 01/22/2025 11:00 PM
Agencies, universities seek $24.6 billion in new funding
Agencies, universities seek $24.6 billion in new funding
The Texas Senate’s chief budget writer said state agencies and higher education institutions have requested nearly $25 billion in funding as the legislative session gets underway. State Sen. Joan Huffman, R-Houston, told The Dallas Morning News that the requests for new money reflect the growing functions and purposes of state agencies that serve the public. 01/15/2025 11:00 PM
Be a light for others
Be a light for others
I hope everyone stayed warm and safe during the cold temperatures we had last week. It was cold, especially with the wind. The forecast shows it is going to be even colder this weekend and next week. 01/15/2025 11:00 PM
Crypto reserve idea ‘Sharp’
Crypto reserve idea ‘Sharp’
Well, we’ve closed out the books on another year with the Baby Boomer herd continuing to thin. We have a new president soon taking over and promising to solve all our problems on Day 1, and I’ve got one he could help me with: how to fold up properly a form fitting bedsheet. 01/10/2025 11:00 PM
Legislative session begins on Jan. 14
Legislative session begins on Jan. 14
The 89th Texas legislative session begins on Jan. 14 with a still-unresolved race for speaker of the Texas House of Representatives. 01/10/2025 11:00 PM
Vehicle inspections no longer required
Vehicle inspections no longer required
Drivers will no longer be required to get annual safety inspections beginning Jan. 1, the Texas Standard reported. However, drivers in the state’s 17 most populous counties will still be required to get an emissions test in order to register their vehicles. 01/01/2025 11:00 PM
Have a blessed new year!
Have a blessed new year!
I pray that you all had a Merry Christmas and enjoyed the time with your family and friends. 12/25/2024 11:00 PM
Abbott unveils new border strategy
Abbott unveils new border strategy
Gov. Greg Abbott said last Thursday the state is initiating a billboard campaign across Central America and border cities in northern Mexico to discourage migrants from attempting to enter Texas, the Austin American-Statesman reported. 12/25/2024 11:00 PM
Scalded dog or best of life?
Scalded dog or best of life?
To paraphrase an old movie, the United States is no country for old men. However, the entire population is ageing, and we want to make sure no immigrants come into the country, yet we ex-pect someone to make life for us as smooth as banana pudding. We forget what a privilege it is to grow old. The aches, pains, and bruises, physical and otherwise: those checks eventually come due for us all. The question is are we going to approach it like a scalded dog or like Robert Brown-ing told his future wife, “come and grow old with me as the best of life is yet to be” We also have now generations of young people raised on Iphones and social feeds that tell you how gloomy it is outside so don’t bother to go check for yourself. They think old people can’t pos-sibly know anything as the computer knows all. I remember when I was a kid and men at the Cot-ton Gin store talked about debt and the depression. Later I recalled bankers in the years after 2001 saying they didn’t need to be regulated because the balanced derivative market was self reg-ulating. After 2007, they blew up the world and the federal reserve had to print dollars by the tril-lions to avoid a collapse that would have taken us back to the stone age. 12/18/2024 11:00 PM
Have a merry Christmas
Have a merry Christmas
Merry Christmas! 12/18/2024 11:00 PM
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