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Bridesmaid’s pregnancy adds new stress to wedding plans
DEAR ABBY: I got engaged five months ago, and my wedding date is seven months from now. My soon-to-be sister-in-law and bridesmaid has just announced she’s pregnant with her second child and due a week after our wedding. 05/30/2023 05:00 AM
House panel calls for Paxton’s impeachment
House panel calls for Paxton’s impeachment
A Texas House investigations committee sent a recommendation to the full chamber to impeach state Attorney General Ken Paxton, the Austin American-Statesman reported. The committee has filed 20 articles of impeachment against the embattled attorney general and posted them on the House website. 05/30/2023 05:00 AM
Chatting oh so bot
Chatting oh so bot
In a much anticipated chess match in February, 1996, the world champion Garry Kasparov faced IBM’s Deep Blue, the most advanced chess-playing machine. Kasparov lost the first game but went on to win the match in Philadelphia, 4-2. It was humanity’s proudest moment in competition pitting man vs. machine. 05/28/2023 04:00 AM
What gets all attention?
What gets all attention?
The Texas Legislature needs to move on bills that would improve worker vetting and boost kinship caregiver rates. 05/28/2023 04:00 AM
A day to honor our war dead
A day to honor our war dead
Every year, polls show that a large number of Americans don’t know why we celebrate Memorial Day. 05/28/2023 04:00 AM
Governor should take school program if legislature offers
Governor should take school program if legislature offers
Texas lawmakers have been debating the merits of school choice, or education savings programs, for weeks. A sweeping plan passed in the Senate but has been stalled in the House because a couple dozen rural Republican lawmakers don’t think it will benefit their districts. 05/24/2023 12:00 AM
End of Title 42 brings Great Reset
End of Title 42 brings Great Reset
Title 42 has ended, and the “Great Reset” is gathering a full head of steam. 05/24/2023 12:00 AM
Lawmakers take students hostage in voucher fight
Lawmakers take students hostage in voucher fight
Parents and advocates fought for years to get the state to recognize the rights of dyslexic students. Finally, in 2021, the state made changes to the handbook that helps educators understand how to evaluate students with dyslexia, making them eligible for the same federal protections given other students with learning difficulties. 05/24/2023 12:00 AM
House lawmakers defy Abbott on school vouchers
House lawmakers defy Abbott on school vouchers
A key House education committee adjourned last week without voting on a school voucher bill that is Gov. Greg Abbott’s top priority this session, the Houston Chronicle reported. Barring some unforeseen maneuver in the last week of the regular legislative session, the bill is effectively dead for now. 05/23/2023 12:00 AM
It is all in a day's deletions
It is all in a day's deletions
I spend the first half hour of my day reading — or, to be more accurate, deleting — emails. 05/21/2023 05:00 AM
Where should state be with Commandments?
Where should state be with Commandments?
The inspiration for Sen. Phil King’s bill is the 2022 Supreme Court case Kennedy v. Bremerton about a coach’s prayers. 05/21/2023 05:00 AM
Meme addicts abound
Meme addicts abound
Meme: “A cultural item in the form of an image, video, phrase, etc., that is spread via the internet and often altered in a creative or humorous way,” explains Dictionary.com. 05/21/2023 05:00 AM
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