EDITORIAL At this year’s West Texas Legislative Summit, there’s plenty to be optimistic about when looking into the economic future of the region: namely, the Iran war, and data centers. Let me clarify: the panelist in question — Jesse Thompson, a senior economist from the Dallas Federal Reserve — only referenced “the current geopolitical situation” — a term I am now hearing more and more often to refer to a shooting war that’s killed 18 American soldiers, according to the Pentagon. A war in which 3,600 Iranians have been killed as well, according to the UN. He mentioned the “situation”…
Author: Will McDaniel
The oldest public college in Texas is facing a constitutional challenge. A lawsuit has been filed against the Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University System, by professors alleging widespread censorship in the classroom.
Mayor Tom Thompson said claims and statements about city council member that are untrue may constitute slander.
HIGHER ED: FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND THOUGHT This article is the first part of a series exploring the changes in higher education in Texas over the last several years. The war over free classroom discussion in Texas has reached its first major battle: a challenge by the American Association of University Professors. The suit claims AAUP members employed throughout the Texas Tech University System have been the victims of an unconstitutional overreach by the board of regents, specifically through the memoranda of Chancellor Brandon Creighton, through the implementation of a controversial course and curriculum review by the system, which began…
Custom laser cut creations of all kinds are available for order at Angelo Laser Works, a new business that just opened on 14th Street, across from City Lumber.
BIG SPRING – In Howard County, elected officials and candidates for office this fall have been on the front lines of preventing the closure of the federal prison there, which the Bureau of Prisons announced earlier this month would be shutdown along with several others throughout the country.
Texas’ Democratic Party has its first full statewide ticket in decades, and data centers are in their sights as they argue for more local control.