Newspaper reporting and content have never been more relevant

Newspaper reporting and content have never been more relevant.

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller: The great Texas water plan

Water vulnerability is a real, growing, and an existential threat to Texas and our future After Winter Storm Uri caused mass power outages, widespread misery, and humiliation for our state and our grid, I tasked my team with creating a comprehensive plan to help inform the public and lawmakers...

The Richland Springs Report

This cooler morning weather is a relief from months of mega heat. I do love Texas spring and fall. Those two seasons make sitting on the front porch enjoyable. The hummers are still here, but not in abundance.

HIGHLIGHTS

State Capital Speaker opposes drive to end tenure House Speaker Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont, said Friday he opposes a push by Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick to end tenure for new professors at the state’s public universities and to revoke it for faculty who teach critical race theory, the Austin...

JCPA clears key Senate committee

The National Newspaper Association today applauded the work of Senators Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, and John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, to move the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act toward final enactment in the Senate.

Constitutional Minute

Can the Interstate Commerce Clause be used by the federal government to regulate a product or service because it crosses State line? Let us see if we can walk through this question in short order. Article I, Sec. 8, clause 3, U.S.

The Richland Springs Report

Surprise, surprise, I hear rain on my roof. There is also a beautiful big rainbow across the road at the Faught place. It ends right in his pasture. I wonder if the pot of gold is there. I wasn’t expecting any rain, so this is a blessing.

The Richland Springs Report

Have you ever done something that you feel was perfectly right, only to have it spit in your face? I can think of several times in my life when doing what I thought was the “nice” came back to bite me. The problem appears to be the perceptions of other people.

The Richland Springs Report

I’m finally settling into a routine now that my travelling days are over for a while. I’m behind in all I do, but hopefully this week, I will get everything on track. The first thing to report is that the Preservation Society will have a meeting on Thursday, September 15th, at 6:00 p.m.

State Capital HIGHLIGHTS

Poll: Most Texas teachers consider quitting More than three-fourths of Texas teachers say they have seriously considered quitting the profession largely because of a perceived lack of respect and support, according to a new survey by the Charles Butt Foundation.