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Why I support Elizabeth Ames Jones for State Senate

Why I support Elizabeth Ames Jones for State Senate

For all that have been making the daily commute from Hays County to Austin, San Antonio, or wherever work may be, it is certain that your drive time radio selection has treated you to a healthy dose of political advertisements from Elizabeth Ames Jones and Jeff Wentworth.

Christmas in spite of pagan barnacles

Christmas in spite of pagan barnacles

Is Christmas really a pagan holiday? Not quite.

A change of season in Kyle; an aleph on a Friday night

Considering it was a Friday night in Kyle, it was a big crowd, good enough that we spilled outside the small meeting space onto the porch and into the yard, seated in cheap but cozy plastic lawn chairs, waiting.

I get so much through mentoring

I get so much through mentoring

I often hear people say that they would like to volunteer or help out with volunteer service.

Texas must fix its tax system

Texas must fix its tax system

by F. SCOTT MCCOWN Guest Column When the legislative session began in January, Texas faced a crisis. The state was short roughly one-fourth of the money needed simply to do what it was already doing. The Center for Public Policy Priorities was part of a broad coalition that pushed for a balanced approach to the [...]

When a goat is a pony

When a goat is a pony

Two weeks ago the headline story of the Hays Co Free Press was that the lawsuit against ACC was dropped.

Local areas want local commisioner

Local areas want local commisioner

Why is redistricting important?

The right redistricting formula for Kyle and Buda

The growth and change in Hays County over the past decade have made this year’s redistricting process especially difficult.

The First Amendment is first for a reason

The First Amendment is first for a reason

Pardon me while I vent.

Corporal punishment could be the key

Corporal punishment could be the key

Recently a federal judge ruled that, in his opinion, California jails are over crowded and thus he ordered that some 35,000 inmates have to be released from their incarcerated condition.

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