The Lone Star State continues to lead the nation in jobs added with 58,200 new positions in February, bringing the state to nearly 14 million total nonfarm jobs, according to the Texas Workforce Commission. February also marked two full years of uninterrupted job growth in the state.
As a father of five, I know parents are the first educators and the most important voices in their children’s lives. Parents are committed to ensuring their children receive a quality education because they know it’s the key to a successful future. Whether they choose public school, private school, or homeschooling, parents deserve to be fully involved. It’s their right.
My husband, Peter, and I are staying in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, which is, according to a lot of folks, a tourist town. Sometimes, the person saying this means it is not a place they would want to spend time.
As our daylight hours have been extended into the evening with warmer weather, the city staff and our contractor TDS is offering an opportunity for a spring cleaning. The collection event will be Friday, March 31 and Saturday April 1.
Every year, Texas loses nearly 250,000 acres of land to development. Rural working lands that make up the wide-open spaces definitive of the Texas character are evaporating at an alarming rate.
To witness bipartisanship at the Texas Capitol, look to the lawmakers who are working to improve open government laws. Legislators from both political parties are igniting interest in transparency and creating the opportunity for all lawmakers to protect the people’s right to know.
Back before the earth cooled completely, I was a reporter for the newspaper in Victorville, CA. Victorville is a high desert town between L.A. and Las Vegas and is celebrated in folklore as “where the car broke down as I was trying to get to Barstow.”