League of Women Voters of Texas Expands Voter Guide Distribution Ahead of 2025 Constitutional Amendment Election
AUSTIN, TX — The League of Women Voters of Texas is proud to announce a significant increase in the distribution of their nonpartisan Voters Guides for the 2025 election cycle. This year, they distributed 98,466 copies, a substantial rise from 72,660 copies in 2023. This growth underscores their ongoing commitment to providing Texans with accurate, unbiased information to…
Read MoreBowling for Soup to headline Green Street Monster Fest this Saturday
BAND-SCHEDULE-FINAL-FINAL-2025 LONGVIEW, Texas — The Green Street Monster Fest (GSMF) will bring major pop-punk energy to downtown Longview this weekend, with Bowling for Soup headlining the second annual festival Saturday, Oct. 25. This year’s event also celebrates East Texas talent, featuring Longview native Sunny Sweeney, White Oak’s Taylor Muse and his band Quiet Company, and Marshall blues-rock artist Wes Jeans, along with Rock Bottom…
Read MoreAlzheimer’s Association Urges Texans to Vote ‘Yes on 14’ and Fight Dementia
Early Voting Starts Today in Texas, Election Day is November 4 [AUSTIN] October 20, 2025 — Early voting begins today, giving Texans their first chance to support making the state a national leader in dementia prevention and research. Texas Proposition 14, if approved, would fund the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (DPRIT). A “Yes”…
Read MoreSAU Professor embarks on leadership journey with LeadAR
MAGNOLIA, AR (10/21/2025) Dr. Amber Overholser, director of the master of public administration program, returned from a National Study Tour of Washington D.C. as a member of LeadAR’s 21st cohort, bringing the latest in agriculture policy and advocacy to SAU students. Overholser applied for LeadAR looking for a new challenge that was relevant to the…
Read MoreOp-Ed: The easy way is not God’s way
LIVING ON PURPOSE By Dr. Billy Holland Seeking comfort and not being willing to stand against sin leaves us lukewarm and vulnerable to defeat and destruction. Christians who avoid getting their hands dirty with prayer and obedience might have religious knowledge, but are developing spiritual muscle atrophy. If we stay on the couch and only…
Read MoreUT Tyler Announces Inaugural HRD Doctoral Program Cohort
TYLER, Texas (October 21, 2025) – The University of Texas at Tyler Soules College of Business announced the inaugural cohort of the UT Tyler human resource development in higher education leadership doctoral program. Designed to prepare scholars and leaders for senior administrative roles in higher education, the 60-credit-hour, 100% online degree program utilizes a cohort…
Read MoreSAVE THE DATE: Land Commissioner Buckingham Encourages Texans to Attend the Save Texas History Symposium
AUSTIN, Texas— Today, Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., encouraged Texans to attend the Save Texas History (STH) Symposium on November 7-8, 2025, at the Bullock Texas State History Museum in downtown Austin, Texas for two days of cutting-edge historical research on Texas. This year’s symposium shares its theme with the Texas General Land Office’s (GLO) recently…
Read MoreEPA Issues Three Class VI Permits to ExxonMobil in Jefferson County, Texas
DALLAS, TEXAS (October 21, 2025) – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued three final Underground Injection Control (UIC) Class VI permits to ExxonMobil for a project in Jefferson County, Texas. Under the Safe Drinking Water Act, these permits allow ExxonMobil to convert three existing test wells permitted by the state to carbon dioxide (CO2) storage injection…
Read MoreMy Daughter Just Wants To Walk at Graduation. Congress Can Help.
By Kelly Brazzo Fifteen years ago, I noticed something different about my two-year-old daughter, Sammy’s walk. She had a noticeable sway in her hips, a little diva move that seemed more cute than concerning. But when she struggled to keep up in gymnastics and dance, we took her to a physical therapist. After months of…
Read MoreA new South Texas data center will rely on untapped renewable energy
By Berenice Garcia, The Texas Tribune October 21, 2025 WILLACY COUNTY — Scattered across the acres of open fields, dozens of wind turbines stood tall one morning last month, some moved their blades with the wind as designed. Others didn’t move at all. The inactivity at the Las Majadas Wind project was by design. This…
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