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GOP win raises stakes for Cornyn’s leadership bid

GOP win raises stakes for Cornyn’s leadership bid

With Republicans regaining majority control of the Senate, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, is making his bid to become that chamber’s majority leader. U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, had previously announced he would step down as party leader. Republicans will hold at least a 53-45 edge in January, with Senate races in two states still undecided as of Friday morning. 11/13/2024 11:00 PM

For when I am weak, then I am strong

For when I am weak, then I am strong

Katy and I went and saw Cody Johnson on Saturday night at Globe Life Field. I surprised her with tickets for her birthday, which was Nov. 2. We had a lot of fun. 11/13/2024 11:00 PM

Ludicrous Information Age

Ludicrous Information Age

Imagine if you told someone 30 years ago that they would spend thousands of dollars on devices that remove them from reality, that place control over their persons in the hands of corporations, that cede access to their nervous system, that chart their every location and activi-ty, that invade not just their privacy but the inner workings of their minds, and that they would do so willingly, even enthusiastically. People would have thought you were ludicrous. Yet that is what has happened, and I often visit with people that just parrot information that comes out of electronic devices without thinking. 11/13/2024 11:00 PM

Vouchers echo segregation

Vouchers echo segregation

As the decades have rolled by, most people rarely remember one of the most controversial decisions made by the Supreme Court, “Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas” in 1954 that state sanctioned segregation of public schools was a violation of the 14th amendment and was therefore unconstitutional. This decision is still reverberating through our society today under different code words. 11/06/2024 11:00 PM

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

This week will see the decision of the people for the direction and pur-pose of our government in what most citizens pray will be a real cor-rection from the plainly failed current and past administrations. They are in fact, the same administration warmed over for too many years. 11/06/2024 11:00 PM

Insurance hikes make affordable housing tougher

Insurance hikes make affordable housing tougher

A growing number of Texas homeowners are forgoing buying homeowners insurance as premiums skyrocket, according to a recent report from the Texas comptroller. 11/06/2024 11:00 PM

Early voting ends on Friday

Early voting ends on Friday

Texans who wish to vote early in the Nov. 5 general election have until closing time Friday, Nov. 1 to do so. Secretary of State Jane Nelson is encouraging voters to double-check their precinct numbers and candidate selections before casting their ballots. 10/30/2024 11:00 PM

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

Justice for Nikki 10/30/2024 11:00 PM

Be thankful always

Be thankful always

Football and volleyball playoffs are right around the corner. Basketball practices are already underway and games will be here before we know it. 10/23/2024 11:00 PM

5th Circuit Court removes judge from foster care suit

5th Circuit Court removes judge from foster care suit

The federal judge who has repeatedly found Texas in contempt for not fixing its foster care system has been removed by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals after a three-judge panel faulting U.S. District Judge Janis Jack’s “highly antagonistic demeanor,” The Texas Tribune reported. The three also reversed the $100,000 daily fine against the state’s defendants – the Texas Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Family and Protective Services, which runs the foster care system. 10/23/2024 11:00 PM

Early voting begins next week for gen. election

Early voting begins next week for gen. election

Early voting for the Nov. 5 general election begins Monday, Oct. 21 and ends on Nov. 1. Texas voters will be choosing from a full slate of candidates, from president to U.S. senator to various county positions. 10/16/2024 11:00 PM

Do you sound unprofessional?

Do you sound unprofessional?

My handy-dandy “column topic radar” lit up when I encountered an internet article called “12 Phrases You’re Using That Make You Sound Unprofessional.” 10/16/2024 11:00 PM

State lawmakers to tackle soaring home insurance rates

State lawmakers to tackle soaring home insurance rates

Top state lawmakers plan to address soaring homeowners insurance premiums when they return to Austin in January for the next legislative session, according to the Houston Chronicle. 10/09/2024 11:00 PM

Nonpartisan voters guide available from League of Women Voters of Texas

Nonpartisan voters guide available from League of Women Voters of Texas

The League of Women Voters of Texas has published its nonpartisan 2024 General Election Voters Guide, which can be found on VOTE411. org, at LWVTexas.org, and in libraries and other public places across Texas! 10/09/2024 11:00 PM

Texans’ right to free speech is under attack…again

Texans’ right to free speech is under attack…again

Americans’ right to speak their minds is considered sacred, which is why we must fight to protect the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and the Texas Citizens Participation Act. Both measures were carefully written with protection of the individual – the “little guy” – in mind. They’re designed to give a David a fighting chance if he finds himself in a legal duel with a Goliath. 10/02/2024 11:00 PM

Phelan’s GOP foes back one challenger

Phelan’s GOP foes back one challenger

Texas House Republicans who want to oust Speaker Dade Phelan have coalesced behind a single opponent: state Rep. David Cook, R-Mansfield. A total of 48 representatives are backing the two-term representative, including four who dropped their own bids for speaker. 10/02/2024 11:00 PM

Sands of time

Saw an older factually based movie the other night called “Geronimo,” based on the wartime years of his life concluding with his surrender and what was left of his Apache tribe being transported out of Arizona to Florida to be prisoners of war for the rest of their lives. 09/25/2024 11:00 PM

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