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Corporate welfare policies

Corporate welfare policies

Thank you for the comprehensive news article published in the Record on March 2 about continuing tax incentives and rebates to corporations that are interested in relocating or expanding in Texas. Left out of the discussion is whether such corporate welfare is good public policy. Over two decades ago, Time magazine published a lengthy investigative report that demonstrated that such corporate welfare does little, if anything, for communities and school districts. Such corporations regularly fail to fully honor the agreements to hire new employees at good wages or invest in local communities at specified rates. 03/05/2023 05:00 AM

Earn this universe

Earn this universe

I was out in my front yard earlier this week, staring up at the night sky, and feeling impossibly humbled by the scale and the grandeur of the universe. 03/05/2023 05:00 AM

Challenging Gov. Abbott’s school voucher plans

Challenging Gov. Abbott’s school voucher plans

Dear Editor: I’ve been following the Texas school voucher story very closely and appreciate your front page piece about it in today’s (Feb. 24) San Marcos Daily Record. However, as enlightening as the article was, and despite everything else I’ve read about it, I’m still scratching my head, wondering just what problem Governor Greg Abbott’s proposed education savings accounts, or school vouchers, or whatever the latest buzz words attached to them, are intended to fix. 03/01/2023 12:00 AM

Chatgpt, don’t quit your day job

Chatgpt, don’t quit your day job

It’s at once amazing and troublesome. 03/01/2023 12:00 AM

Abbott creates state task force to address 'street takeovers' in Austin

Abbott creates state task force to address 'street takeovers' in Austin

Street takeover spurs governor’s action Gov. Greg Abbott has created a statewide task force after several “street takeovers” recently took place in Austin in which motorists obstructed intersections, shot off fireworks and drove recklessly. 02/28/2023 12:00 AM

VIEWERS SHOULD ASK, WHAT’S UP WITH DOCS?

VIEWERS SHOULD ASK, WHAT’S UP WITH DOCS?

When the Academy Awards are handed out March 12, one of Hollywood’s most confounding contradictions will be on display. The Oscar for Best Documentary will go to a film that few Americans have seen or even heard of. Yet, at the same time, streaming audiences are embracing documentaries in unprecedented numbers, creating a boom for the misunderstood genre. 02/26/2023 12:00 AM

Teen Drama, Teen Trauma

Teen Drama, Teen Trauma

The following article is part four of a four-week series focusing on raising awareness about dating violence. February is Dating Violence Awareness month, and we hope to educate our community on this very important issue. 1 in 3 young people will experience dating violence in their lifetime. 02/26/2023 12:00 AM

Consumer tirades

Consumer tirades

I just heard about a local business losing a major customer over a trivial misunderstanding. 02/26/2023 12:00 AM

Presidents’ Day is for baseball

Presidents’ Day is for baseball

U.S. presidents’ love affair with baseball dates back to George Washington, who wrote in his journal that during Valley Forge he “sometimes throws and catches a ball for hours with his aide-de-camp.” 02/22/2023 12:00 AM

Rooting for Senator Fetterman

Rooting for Senator Fetterman

The day started at 7 a.m. with a breakfast meeting and ended after 11 p.m. — and I was exhausted. 02/22/2023 12:00 AM

Dear Abby

Betrayal shatter marriage at beginning of retirement

DEAR ABBY: I’m in mourning for my husband. He’s still alive, but he up and left six months ago and sent me a text saying he’s done. He is living with another woman. I didn’t see it coming. We were planning our retirement move up to our cabin. One weekend he kicked me out of the cabin, and three hours later had her join him there. 02/21/2023 05:00 AM

Abbott presents seven top priorities in State of State from San Marcos

Abbott presents seven top priorities in State of State from San Marcos

Abbott lays out seven top priorities Gov. Greg Abbott, in a State of the State address last Thursday, outlined his seven top priorities for the ongoing legislative session before an invitation-only audience at a manufacturing facility in San Marcos, the Austin American- Statesman reported. Those priorities include $4 billion for border security, property tax relief and more school choice for parents, which he called “education freedom.” He avoided use of the word “vouchers.’ 02/21/2023 05:00 AM

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