Voices
Letter to the Editor
Should Sen. Ted Cruz and Sen. John Cornyn vote to impeach Donald Trump? One reader weighs in.
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‘The Hill We Climb’ Is Steep, But a Worthy Effort
“For there is always light,
if only we’re brave enough to see it
If only we’re brave enough to be it”
Local Faith Leaders Pen Letters to Elected Officials
After the events at the U.S. Capitol last week, several local faith leaders joined together to craft letters to both Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patric, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, and Sen. Ted Cruz.
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Letters to the Editor
You may know that the city of University Park is considering removing the parking ratios in Snider Plaza to allow more restaurants to move into empty retail spaces.
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Best of 2020: ‘Everything Worthwhile Isn’t Easy’
As the nation reacted to the death of George Floyd during an encounter with police in Minneapolis, one Black mother took to the keyboard to discuss her feelings about helping her family navigate the world.
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Best of 2020: Dreaming of The Charles
In May, restaurants had been relegated to curbside and take out service only, and the day when they would be able to welcome guests again seemed far off. It was a yearning to have dining be an experience, and not an impersonal pickup from your car so you could plate it at home that drove Kersten Rettig to write about The Charles.
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Best of 2020: Senior Returns to Much Different HPHS
Our fall high school intern, Shaye Wattson, couldn’t have imagined that her senior year would begin with virtual school and then segue into a much different experience on campus as masking, social distancing, and other measures were enacted to help students and staff avoid exposure to COVID-19.
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2020 Hindsight: At Last, 2021
“The vaccine is coming. The vaccine is coming!” Such comes the battle cry of 2021, so take that coronavirus.
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A New Way To Keep Texas ‘Business Friendly’
This time last year, Texas was wrapping up a year of record low unemployment and job growth in which nearly 1,000 jobs were being added every day. Economic growth seemed limitless, driven by a business-friendly climate and a relatively stable energy market.
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Best of 2020: ‘Be Nice’
Fourth grade is usually when students start really learning the mechanics of writing, but it’s no surprise that one particular fourth grader took to writing like it was genetic.
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Best of 2020: Family Vacation to Spain Becomes Adventure in Virus Lockdown
What do you do when you’re on vacation – a long planned one – and the whole world goes into lockdown? That’s what our intern, Dahlia Faheid, was confronted with in March, and her first-person account is one of our Best of 2020 picks.
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