Texas Press Association Capital Highlights

Abbott wants to increase illegal voting penalties COVID-19 cases continue to decline Gov. Greg Abbott has asked the Texas Legislature to increase the penalty for illegal voting, adding the item to the third special session now underway.

Public Officials as Public Targets

All threats against public officials are unconscionable. Whether the officials are top tier or low level; federal, state or local; elected or appointed; Democrat, Republican or nonpartisan -- they are in almost every case just doing their job.

A Quiet Hero…

J. Ron Hardin, from most angles, might appear to be the kind of guy others would enjoy competing against. They might figure him to be a “push-over” in recreational or business endeavors, and they’d be wrong. He’d probably get so far ahead of ‘em that he’d soon be out of sight to the naked eye.

Smeared

I just sued Facebook. I didn't want to sue. I hate lawsuits. I tried for a year to reach someone at Facebook to fix things, but Facebook wouldn't. Here's the problem: Facebook uses "independent fact-checkers" to try to reduce fake news on their site. That's a noble goal.

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.