Texas Press Association Capital Highlights

Secretary of state announces election audits In a two-sentence press release, the secretary of state’s office announced an audit of four Texas counties —Dallas, Harris, Tarrant and Collin—for the 2020 election. The announcement came hours after former President Donald Trump called on Gov.

Views From Panhandle Editors

A friend sent us the following, which was titled, “The Year Was 1955”... —Did you hear the post office is thinking about charging seven cents just to mail a letter? —If they raise the minimum wage to $1.00 nobody will be able to hire outside help at the store.

Letters To the Editor:

Dear Editor, I am a Perryton resident and a taxpayer. I want to let you know that not only do I fully support the addition of a soccer program to the Perryton ISD, I also advocate for it. I want to encourage the Perryton ISD School Board to approve the entire UIL soccer program.

Biden Backs Radical Bill for Big Unions

A generation ago, labor unions actually tried to represent the financial interests of workers. For all their other faults, they at least focused on higher wages, better working conditions, and tight labor markets for their members. That era is long gone.

On the Matter of ‘Buck-Stopping’…

Jokes and stories attributed to US Presidents—true or not—have to make some of them blush with embarrassment. File drawers of the late President Harry S. Truman must have bulged nigh unto disintegration. He was arguably the most plain-spoken president of the 20 th century.

Letters To the Editor:

Dear Editor, I attended the September 21 st soccer meeting at the high school auditorium, and it made me proud to be a resident of our community and especially proud of our students for the eloquent arguments they made for adding a soccer program.

Biden Backs Radical Bill for Big Unions

A generation ago, labor unions actually tried to represent the financial interests of workers. For all their other faults, they at least focused on higher wages, better working conditions, and tight labor markets for their members. That era is long gone.

Texas Press Association Capital Highlights

Disaster declaration follows Nicholas Seventeen Southeast Texas counties have been declared disaster areas after Hurricane Nicholas came ashore, dumping more than a foot of rain and cutting off power to a half-million customers in Texas, according to poweroutage.us.

Views from Around the Panhandle

My wife and I disconnected our land line phone a few months ago because the only calls we were getting were solicitations for extended warranties or charities we didn’t know or scams. Now, unfortunately, we are getting more and more of those calls on our cell phone.

Biden Administration Strategic Errors

Credit Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, with posing the critical question during Secretary of State Antony Blinken's Sept. 14 testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.