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The Texas Railroad Commission has suspended nearly two dozen permits that allow oil and gas companies to inject saltwater into the ground, which regulators say has contributed to increased earthquakes of greater magnitude in West Texas.
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The deadline to register to vote in the Texas Democratic and Republican primary elections is Feb. 5. Voters on March 5 will choose their nominees for president, U.S. Senator, all 38 U.S. House members from Texas, and a number of other state and local offices, from the Texas Supreme Court to district attorneys, sheriffs and county commissioners.
Read moreI tend to be a rule follower, but I don’t like it when rules don’t make sense or seem fair. Who gets to decide what makes sense or what is “fair”?
Read moreWhat a courageous group of Marines at Tarawa. Willing to give everything to keep Americans free and end the war. It instills deep appreciation and deep sadness at the same time. I’m sure it was a difficult thing to film. You warn in your letter to the editor, that the enemy we face is now from within in the person of Donald Trump. I am a bit amazed by your foreknowledge of Trumps agenda. Authoritarian rule through the Executive branch, neutralizing the power of the Supreme Court and Congress, essentially disrupting our checks and balances? Or has that been happening or attempted already? I agree, it is time to honor those young men by doing our job.
Read moreLast year about this time, I resolved to start off the year on a positive note, but, alas. “How dare you!”... to quote young Greta. Ms. Jodie Sinclair has again turned her award-winning journalistic skills to manipulating emotions and employing the Saul Alinsky tactic of accusing her opposition of her own party initiatives. Beginning with a WWII story lauding the heroic sacrifice of our parents and grandparents to attract our patriotic emotions, she contorts into a fabricated description of a dystopian world that her Leftist followers are actualy bringing to fruition incrementally, even as the “boiling frog” analogy.
Read moreIt has been the case that during El Niño, Texas gets more rainfall. As we wait for much needed rain, one has to wonder if that pattern will be disrupted by the changing climate. Our view of the bottom of ponds and other water holes and dry creeks over an extended time certainly has been unnerving.
Read moreOn Tuesday, Jan. 9, the Hill Country Chapter no. 31 of Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution will hold its monthly chapter meeting at Rails, a Café at the Depot Event Center.
Read more“Red Rover, Red Rover, let Bobby come over!”
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