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Elected officials need to get serious about addressing water availability

Elected officials need to get serious about addressing water availability

06/04/2025 04:00 PM

'Go back to California' (and other ridiculous reactions to change in Hays County)

'Go back to California' (and other ridiculous reactions to change in Hays County)

In small towns all across the country, there’s a shift underway, and it’s rattling the status quo. 08/30/2023 08:40 PM

Freedom for Sale: The high price of cash bail

Freedom for Sale: The high price of cash bail

I was sitting outside Courtroom Number 9 of the Government Center in San Marcos. Perched on a hard wooden bench, I could feel the sunlight eking its way into the sterile, unforgiving lobby. 08/16/2023 09:10 PM

Was it worth it, SCOTUS?

Was it worth it, SCOTUS?

In 1969, my father graduated high school and was accepted at a local junior college for his freshman year. 07/26/2023 09:00 PM

From the inventory tax to unfair trade practices, Texas is foil for flagmakers

From the inventory tax to unfair trade practices, Texas is foil for flagmakers

Contributed Editorial This small business week, take notice of the front porches in your neighborhood. 05/24/2023 09:00 PM

Test scores are just a number

Test scores are just a number

“You've done all of your homework and studied hard, and you think you have a grip on the material. But then the day of the test comes. Suddenly, you blank out, freeze up, zone out, or feel so nervous that you can't get it together to respond to those questions you knew the answers to just last night.” — Nemours TeensHealth ——— Test anxiety is a type of performance anxiety — a feeling someone might have when performance counts or when the pressure’s on to do well. 04/26/2023 09:00 PM

Is this what voters wanted in police ‘oversight’ committee?

Is this what voters wanted in police ‘oversight’ committee?

“If there’s no meaning in it,” said the King, “that saves a world of trouble, you know, as we needn’t try to find any.” —Chapter 12, Alice’s Evidence 04/12/2023 09:10 PM

Transparency at Texas Capitol: A bipartisan effort

Transparency at Texas Capitol: A bipartisan effort

To witness bipartisanship at the Texas Capitol, look to the lawmakers who are working to improve open government laws. 03/29/2023 09:20 PM

Naming that unspoken thing we carry

Naming that unspoken thing we carry

“In that direction,” the Cat said, waving its right paw round, “lives a Hatter: and in that direction,” waving the other paw, “lives a March Hare. Visit either you like: they’re both mad.” 03/15/2023 08:30 PM

How journalism nurtured my inner ‘shy kid’

How journalism nurtured my inner ‘shy kid’

A career in journalism seems like the antithesis for someone who was known for most of their early life as being the “shy kid” — but here I am. 03/01/2023 12:00 AM

Bob and Moe would be proud

Bob and Moe would be proud

04/13/2022 04:26 PM

Hays CISD trustee selection process needs review

Hays CISD trustee selection process needs review

12/08/2021 05:22 PM

Editorial: It’s the owner’s choice, not yours

Editorial: It’s the owner’s choice, not yours

10/13/2021 05:00 PM

Editoral: Careful, dear readers, be careful out there

Editoral: Careful, dear readers, be careful out there

09/29/2021 03:41 PM

Time to back off the ‘fraud’ train

Time to back off the ‘fraud’ train

06/30/2021 03:22 PM

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