On January 20th, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an order directing federal agencies to terminate remote work arrangements and mandate employees return to their “respective duty stations.” It ended a massive shift towards remote workforce, largely brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Gov. Abbott and Lt. Gov. Patrick say they want to raise teacher pay, but, if finally enacted, SB 2, the voucher bill passed by the Senate, would make it increasingly more difficult for public school classrooms to be adequately funded and public school teachers to be adequately paid.
Dear Editor,
I would like to send a sincere thank you to Nate Fredley, who put his Angel wings on to stop and change a blown-out tire on a back road in Kansas even when he was pressed for time with another appointment!
Funeral services for Kevin Eugene Chaney, 64, of Chickasha, Oklahoma, were held on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, at the Cement Cemetery under the direction of the Fletcher Funeral Home.
Name an emotion, any emotion, and I’ll wager survivors of the largest wildfire in Texas history have experienced it over the last fourteen days. Foreboding? Yep. Disbelief? Uh huh.
Terror, anxiety, heartbreak, anger, despair, shock, relief, gratitude, guilt, love, numbness, compassion, empathy, grief? Check and double check.
Largest wildfire in state history still raging
A wildfire in the Texas Panhandle has consumed more than 1 million acres and as of Sunday was just 15% contained, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service. It is the largest wildfire in Texas history.
Early voting ends Friday
Early voting in the March 5 primary election ends Friday with a host of candidates on the ballot in both parties, including president, U.S. Senate, all 38 Texas U.S. representatives, all 150 Texas House representatives, and down to local races for district attorney, sheriff and other positions.
Check with your local elections office for more information or go to votetexas.gov.
EDITOR’S NOTE: We are re-publishing this editorial, written by State Representative Jared Patterson (R-HD 106), to call our readers’ attention to the primary election assault by far right-wing organizations on several conservative Republican members of the Texas House of Representatives—including our own State Representative Ken King—who cast votes against state funding for school vouchers.
A POLITICAL PRIMARY IS a preliminary election in which the registered voters of a political party nominate candidates for office. The key word here is preliminary.
I wasn’t around to see the end of the Passenger Pigeon. One day there were 3 billion. Over one third of the bird population of the planet. And within a lifespan, they were no more. The last Passenger Pigeon, Martha, died on September 14, 1914, in the Cincinnati Zoo.
