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Ray on The Record

3 years ago By News Staff

I worked at The Canadian Record for a time. If you asked me for how long of a time, I guess I’d have to say anywhere from a few months to about 76 years. And technically, that would be correct, but probably not the answer you were looking for.

State Capital Highlights

3 years ago By Gary Borders

Border security, tax relief and raises top list For the Texas House and Senate, there is not much daylight between each chamber’s priorities in this year’s legislative session. Leaders say the focus will be on property tax relief, border security, and employee raises.

More than 23 million new citizens and counting

3 years ago By Steve Wintermute

I BELIEVE THAT MOST people equate the word “immigration” with the words “illegal,” “hundreds of thousands,” and “southern border.” I believe that most people will not equate the word “immigration” with the words “legal,” “millions,” and “citizens.”

Responding to Field Notes

3 years ago By News Staff

Laurie, YOUR JANUARY 12 FIELD NOTES could be one of your last as editor, but we hope that you will occasionally continue to write for The Record as a citizen who loves Canadian, its area and people. Your parents also had that love, and you continued their tradition of excellent journalism with The Canadian Record.

State Capital Highlights

3 years ago By Gary Borders

Speaker open to resort-style casinos in state House Speaker Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont, told The Dallas Morning News and other media outlets that he is open to bringing resort-style casinos to Texas. But don’t expect to find slot machines in 7-Eleven stores if casino gambling is legalized.

LOWV thanks Record patrons for donations

3 years ago By News Staff

THANK YOU FOR YOUR generous donations to the League of Women Voters of Amarillo! LWV-Amarillo is a 501(c)(3) organization, formed in 1950 and composed entirely of volunteers. We are one of over 700 state and local Leagues across the country.

Some thoughts after the Speaker spectacle

3 years ago By A Guest Column By Steve Wintermute

THE BIG QUESTION on everyone’s mind? “Who is that woman”? It was Cheryl Johnson, House Clerk since 2019, trying to keep calm amid the storm, calling the role 15 times and counting the votes. Since there were no rules during the Speaker dogfight, she had few guidelines for enforcing order amid the chaos. The position of House clerk is filed by election elected every two years, at the start of a new Congress. Each party nominates a clerk after the Speaker is elected. The usual duties include delivering messages to the Senate and certifying the passage of House bills.

State Capital Highlights

3 years ago By Gary Borders

Abbott pushes back on migrant bus criticism Abbott has drawn criticism after a bus from Texas dropped off more than 100 migrants in freezing weather near Vice President Kamala Harris’ official residence in Washington, D.C. An Austin American-Statesman report noted the state has bused nearly 16,000 migrants to so-called sanctuary cities.

Field Notes:

3 years ago By News Staff

IT SEEMS THERE IS NEVER TIME, these days, to think and read and listen and ponder, and to write this column, which was once the treat I gave myself for getting through each week. I have promised to take a few days this Christmas season to do just that.

Christmas came early, though, with the arrival of this story, published in The Rural Blog, which—along with the Daily Yonder—is on my must-read list of reporting on rural America.

Where there is kindness

3 years ago By News Staff

Reprinted from December 22, 1955

Christmas falls on Sunday this year, and local churches will be holding regular Christmas morning services as well as Christmas Eve programs. This is a good time to remember that Christmas is, first of all, a holy day. Go to the church of your choice Sunday morning, and celebrate Christmas in its true spirit.

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