At Texas 2036, we took March 2—Texas Independence Day—to celebrate the 30 million Texans going about their daily lives, contributing in ways large and small to the ongoing miracle known as Texas.
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By A.J. Rodriguez, Special to the Katy Times
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3/23/23
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Everyone should do it at least once in their life.
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By Danny Tyree, Special to the Katy Times
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3/23/23
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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.
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By Justin Holland, Special to the Katy Times
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3/19/23
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I dreaded the coming of Sunday, March 12.
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By Tom Purcell, Special to the Katy Times
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3/15/23
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Along with identifying as “Swifties,” ignoring the reported Chinese threat of bad dancing posed by TikTok, and pretending that plant-based meat is actually edible, many young people in America are engaging in another fascinating trend—not driving.
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By Jase Graves, Special to the Katy Times
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3/15/23
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I’m heartbroken that cartoonist Scott Adams recently self-destructed—but hold the presses! This big, beautiful world still has plenty of comic strips to tickle our funny bones.
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By Danny Tyree, Special to the Katy Times
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3/9/23
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It’s at once amazing and troublesome.
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By Tom Purcell, Special to the Katy Times
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3/9/23
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Among coastal states Texas is unique. The 1959 Texas Open Beaches Act, as well as time-honored common law and tradition in existence since long before 1959, provides that Texas beaches are open to the public. In 2009, Texans voted by a 77 percent to 23 percent margin to enshrine the Open Beaches Act into the Texas Constitution.
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By David Dewhurst, Garry Mauro and Jerry Patterson, Special to the Katy Times
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3/8/23
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In many of my writings, I’ve discussed my “three teenage daughters.” It was a neat, concise way of referring to the people who made me what I am today—deeply in debt.
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By Jase Graves, Special to the Katy Times
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3/2/23
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I just heard about a local business losing a major customer over a trivial misunderstanding.
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By Danny Tyree, Special to the Katy Times
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3/2/23
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Who needs forensics and gunfire?
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By Danny Tyree, Special to the Katy Times
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2/23/23
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There are no small number of accusations lately that—shocking as it may be—some of our politicians are lying to us.
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By Tom Purcell, Special to the Katy Times
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2/23/23
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All my father ever wanted as a young man was to marry my mother and start a family—plans that were interrupted when he was drafted into the Army during the Korean conflict.
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By Tom Purcell, Special to the Katy Times
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2/16/23
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On a recent family vacation to New York City over the holidays, I brought home exactly one souvenir (I ate the others). While we were freezing our philtrums at the Bryant Park Winter Village Holiday Market in Midtown Manhattan, I was teen-pressured by my three daughters into purchasing a “manly beaded bracelet.” (I’m pretty sure that’s an oxymoron.)
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By Jase Graves, Special to the Katy Times
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2/16/23
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Middle-class philanthropy may be dying.
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By Danny Tyree, Special to the Katy Times
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2/9/23
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It’s one of the best days of the year and we owe our gratitude to the remarkable man who made it possible.
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By Tom Purcell, Special to the Katy Times
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2/9/23
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Local businesses are the backbone of communities. Along with helping their regional communities thrive, local businesses help citizens find solutions to their problems, enhance the character of their city by openly sharing their values and help support the economy by providing jobs to residents.
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By Shane McClelland, Special to the Katy Times
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2/6/23
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I’ve never been a huge fan of hot chocolate. For some reason, I don’t enjoy cauterizing the inside of my mouth after being duped by the deceptively-tepid whipped cream or marshmallow topping.
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By Jase Graves, Special to the Katy Times
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2/2/23
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Groundhog Day cannot come soon enough.
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By Tom Purcell, Special to the Katy Times
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2/2/23
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To the Editor:
Given that students were in danger from tornadoes on Jan. 24 and tornadoes are a normal occurrence during severe thunderstorms, it seems that required attendance on Jan. 24 was …
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Letter to the Editor by Brian Richardson
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1/30/23
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