A Texas House bill would eliminate the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness test and replace it with a test comparing students’ performance to one another rather than stateset standards, the Austin Amer ican- Statesman reported. House Bill 4 would also create benchmark tests to measure st...

Stage 5 Water The Standard stated that Stage 5 water restrictions are predicted for this summer. These will result in dead trees and foliage that will make Fredericksburg a less attractive community to live in, and for tourists to visit. We are moving toward Fredericksburg looking more like El Paso,...

A fter five days of early voting, just 582 had cast votes in the Fredericksburg City Council election through Monday afternoon as this is written. We have 8,069 registered voters in the city limits who may cast votes, but it’s looking like we’ll end up with a paltry 10% or so turnout. (The May 2024 ...

Cat-astrophe Sadly, I heard that Pepper the library cat has been removed. Library cats are beloved. Books have been written about them. Of course, the...

Dear Gillespie County friends and family, one and all, people of all faiths and none, people of every kind and belonging — from the Gillespie County M...

The Texas House on Thursday passed Gov. Greg Abbott’s school voucher bill after a years-long campaign by the governor and his allies, the Austin Ameri...