Spending dollars away from our hometowns costs our neighbors their businesses, our friends their jobs and our communities their abilities to provide services and amenities we expect and appreciate.
The American economy is a wonderful engine of prosperity left to its own devices, and on Tuesday it proved this again with another surge in equity prices that pushed the Dow Jones Industrial Average above 30,000 for the first time. Stock prices rise and fall, but this symbolic milestone of o…
We’re still here.
One of the positive consequences in the early weeks of the pandemic was for the first time in memory, local animal shelters were not overflowing with strays.
The t imeline tells the story of why Surfside Beach continues to see its namesake coastline disappear despite projects that could prevent it from being taken by the Gulf of Mexico.
Many parents have experienced or can imagine the gripping fear of learning something is wrong with their new baby.
There is a reason in-person teaching and learning has remained the primary means of education despite technology changing most other aspects of daily life.
There undoubtedly are a good number of people who believe the hundreds of millions of dollars spent building the new toll lanes on Highway 288 were a colossal waste of money. Undoubtedly, most if not all of them haven’t routinely had to commute to and from Houston on Brazoria County’s major …
Allowing a former vice president critical national security information in the interim would do no harm while helping to undercut potential dangers to the country.
Among t he many unfortunate consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic is the cancellation of this year’s annual county Veterans Day parade and celebration. Planned to take place in Freeport, organizers deemed it too risky to expose so many people to the potential spread of the virus.
2014: Paxton is elected attorney general. July 2015: Paxton is arrested on felony charges of securities fraud for allegedly convincing people to invest in Servergy Inc. without disclosing he had a stake in the deal. The case is pending and being handled by special prosecutors. 2018: Real est…
America cared.
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T here are few more frightening symbols of human evil than the swastika and its association with the violent legacy of Nazism and the Holocaust in World War II.
To someone looking to build a concrete plant, the area just outside Iowa Colony would seem pretty appealing if they look at a map. That section of northern Brazoria County appears lightly populated and it is near communities experiencing explosive growth — where ample supplies of concrete ar…
Given the number of people on social media who live in Freeport and don’t miss an opportunity to disparage the city, the relatively small turnout when the city asked for input on how to make improvements is disappointing.
In discussions of the co-morbidities of people whose lives are further endangered by the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health does not receive the level of attention it deserves.
One of the takeaways from the first presidential debate was the lack of decorum displayed by the candidates, particularly the frequent interruptions by President Donald Trump. Few could have watched that exercise in democracy and come away impressed by the statesmanship of either the incumbe…
When you don’t truly believe that all the people count, it only makes sense not to count all the people.
Before the gains of the civil rights movement a half-century ago, states that had instituted literacy tests, poll taxes and other measures argued they weren’t trying to suppress the votes of specific groups.
Allowing bars to reopen starting today seems both long overdue and, by this point, largely symbolic. State regulators have been blessing bars to reopen for months already.
Like anyone accused of a crime, Ken Paxton is entitled to a presumption of innocence from the legal system.
After a quarter-century as an understudy, Modesto Mundo was ready when the spotlights hit him two weeks ago.
We invite southern Brazoria County residents in the coming days to hit an exit ramp from social media and take a drive through neighborhood streets as we present the visions of local candidates seeking your vote.
Whatever someone thinks about the job President Donald Trump has d one in office, whatever they think of him as a person, any American who is wishing for the worst possible outcome from his COVID infection needs to do some serious soul searching.
A recent report issued by the United Way, including specific findings for Brazoria County, shows not everyone has been able to ride the economic train to greater prosperity.
What a squandered opportunity.
Many residents aren't subscribed to their community's emergency call list that local governments use to alert people about urgent matters, meaning when cities such as Lake Jackson recorded and distributed the news, some residents never got the call.
The notion of being able to zip from Houston to Dallas in 90 minutes via high-speed rail is a welcome alternative to having to make the lengthy drive between the two cities or going through the hassles of air travel.
A city, regardless of its size, should not be having to replace its police chief every two months. But that is the situation Danbury finds itself, raising questions as to whether there are deep-seated problems in the city leadership’s relationship with its law enforcers.
Looking over the sales tax revenue numbers for Brazoria County and its cities, there is a sense they could have been much worse. That is good news for residents who won’t be seeing much change in their property tax bills to make up the differences.
There were concerns when Brazoria County District Attorney Jeri Yenne announced she would be retiring mid-term that the power brokers in Austin would want to install one of their favored sons. Such a move is far from unprecedented in Texas politics and can result in the appointee eventually …
Regardless which side of the argument over expanded mail-in voting someone comes down on, the debate is meaningless if the person doesn’t first ensure they are registered to vote.
The selfless act of registering as an organ donor can save the eyesight of life of a stranger.
If a spouse has a particular wish for an upcoming birthday or other special occasions, it’s not unusual for them to start dropping hints weeks ahead of time so the buyer has a clue what they expect to unwrap.
Despite the more recent disparagement of organized labor, its power did not come about by happenstance. At its highest level of importance, unions brought attention to the workplace horrors of their time and were responsible for many of the protections now in place for every American worker.
This editorial is reprinted from the Aug. 27 edition of the Chicago Tribune.
By the m iddle of this month, the United States should reach 200,000 people who died as a result of contracting the novel coronavirus.
Allowing in-person visitation is an important piece of the progression of reopening for Texas senior citizens that is being handled safely and smartly.
Now it’s our turn.
Hurricane Laura is yet another test to our will this year.
The pronouncement this week that state leaders will move to punish municipalities that “defund” their police department’s budgets robs local government of its ability to best allocate resources to protect the people who put them in office to do just that.
Surfside Beach has been diligent through the years seeking big-dollar projects that could preserve its beach, one of the most erosion-sensitive stretches of coastline in the country. It needs to take the same approach with the water that flows throughout the village, a decades-long issue tha…
The Brazoria County Fair Association made the inevitable decision last week to scale back the event this year, a smart compromise that preserves what are the most important elements during a public health crisis.
No one doubted when New York Attorney General Letitia James, a Democrat, announced she would seek to dissolve the National Rifle Association on grounds of systemic financial abuses that it would be framed in political terms. It is a powerful organization with powerful friends that shields it…
It has to be somewhat maddening for parents to try keeping track of the back-to-school plans for their children. Not only did shifting state edicts prevent local districts from being able to stick with an idea for very long, but all the districts came up with different methods of reintroduci…
The discussions in Freeport over a proposal to increase utility rates by about $7 a month for the average user sets up a familiar argument taxpayers have with themselves — demanding improvements and better services while at the same time fighting measures intended to pay for them.
When members of The Facts Editorial Board met a week ago to discuss ideas, we were encouraged by the precipitous drop in daily new infections being reported by Brazoria County.
Without any inclination to enforce the governor's mask order and levy some form of punishment against violators, the legal requirement amounts to little more than a suggestion.
One of the reasons Lake Jackson has managed to live up to its “City of Enchantment” mantra is its well-defined restrictions and willingness to enforce them. City leadership through generations has worked hard to make sure things that could make the city look rundown or unkempt were addressed…
It would be an understatement to call the structure of emergency unemployment benefits in the first coronavirus relief package flawed, and understandable why they stood in the way of some people returning to the workforce.
Angleton’s decision on how best to brand the city might finally have reached the correct conclusion when residents emphatically told their elected officials the existing logo was just fine.
A King County judge’s order that The Seattle Times and other media must turn over unpublished content to the police is a blow to independent journalism.
Without the actions of numerous surfers taking advantage of those same waves off Surfside Beach, and uplifting story of heroism could have been one of loved ones mourning another senseless loss to the seas.
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