Opinion

Body THREE YEARS AGO TONIGHT. Frankly, I don’t remember the ER folks affixing the EKG leads to my feet (I do remember them stuck to my chest), but that’s what my phone pic shows—the shot I made after several hours in Albuquerque’s Presbyterian Hospital ER on August 17, 2018.

Body Fifty-six years ago today, on August 6, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act. The need for the law was explained in its full title: “An Act to enforce the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution, and for other purposes.”

Body Delta variant spurs huge increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations The number of Texans hospitalized with lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases is increasing faster than at any other point since the pandemic began in early 2020, due to the highly contagious delta variant.

Body AUSTIN—Texas school districts must send nearly $3 billion in local taxpayer funding to the state by Sunday under the state’s school finance law—a record amount that puts a crushing burden on taxpayers throughout the state while taking needed dollars away from their local schools.

Body SCHOOL STARTS IN AUGUST, just as what could have been a return to normal has become the resurrection of the pandemic in the new guise of the delta variant.

Body THERE IS AN OLD ADAGE that the American people will always do the right thing—once all other options have been exhausted.

Body Eight proposed amendments on November ballot The order has been drawn for eight proposed amendments to the much-amended Texas Constitution that will appear on the Nov. 2 ballot.

Body At this time last year, we were at what was then a peak in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths, facing a pandemic that could hit every person in the state. Now, Texas and the U.S.

Body Workforce commission announces job surge The Texas Workforce Commission released June employment figures that showed Texas employers added nearly 56,000 jobs in June, while the unemployment rate dropped to 6.5 percent. “The Texas economy is booming,” Gov.

Body A year ago tonight, Georgia Representative John Lewis passed away from pancreatic cancer at 80 years old. As a young adult, Lewis was a “troublemaker,” breaking the laws of his state: the laws upholding racial segregation.