‘Robin Hood’ still takes, even when the district could use the money After our story last week on Fredericksburg Independent School District’s board of trustees adopting the option to use “virtual teachers” as a last resort, we heard “that’s stupid” more than once. The program would place cameras an...

STATE CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS By Gary Borders Customs and Border Patrol and reported by The Texas Tribune. Border Patrol agents apprehended 83,356 migrants in June across the southern border, down from 117,901 in May and the lowest since January 2021, the month President Joe Biden took office. “Recent bo...

Hindsights After a lifetime of taking electricity for granted, its importance hit me like a 2-by-4 on Feb. 16, 2021, as I sat freezing to death in my dark living room surrounded by a houseful of useless appliances and gadgets. Until the electricity came back on, we had no television, no radio, no co...

Texas Type Tennyson said it’s better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. Similarly, having Alcoa in my hometown — even having clos...

A year after a new state law ended mandatory water breaks in Texas, a proposed federal rule would protect millions of workers from the risks caused by...

Organization does so much more for this community T he Hill Country Community Needs Council is once again collecting school supplies and quality backp...