Amarillo Considers Voluntary Water Conservation Plan
City commissioners weigh a voluntary outdoor watering plan to confront a severe heat wave and drought. An odd even watering schedule could guide residents on watering days, with Mayor Kel Seliger backing a simple, enforceable approach while urging broad media outreach.
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Massachusetts teachers test curved to pass many failing candidates
More than half of Massachusetts basic reading and writing test takers for aspiring teachers failed. The score curve reduced failure from 56 to 44 percent. Critics call for reversing the curve, arguing teaching demands higher standards, better pay, and urgent reforms.
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Massachusetts
U.S
Thomas Finneran
Paul Cellucci
Board of Education
Amarillo Daily News Editorial Page Overview
Editorials on this page reflect the Amarillo Daily News editorial board positions. Columns by local and syndicated writers present individual opinions. the Other Opinion section showcases views that do not necessarily reflect the editorial board.
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Verse of the Day on Guidance and Sustenance
A devotional verse promises divine guidance in drought and fulfillment of needs in a sun scorched land. It compares encouragement to a well-watered pardon and a spring whose waters never fail, highlighting spiritual resilience.
Raid Threatens Mexico Sovereignty in Mexican American Row
A columnist argues that U S justice agents crossed into Mexico to investigate alleged drug money laundering, claiming the action violates Article XVI of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and mocks U S policy as a form of covert invasion. The piece likens the incident to a modern moral crisis over sovereignty.
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Hidalgo
United States
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U.S. Justice Department
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Nore Lucre
Taco Bell
Chihuahua
US Justice Department
Peanut price and campaign finance votes split in Congress
The record notes June 1926 roll calls on peanut price supports held to 550 a ton with 181 voting for and 244 against, sugar price supports cut rejected 167 to 258, and campaign finance Shays Meehan amendment defeated 155 to 254. Commission addition passed 325 to 78. Senate mixed-gender training approved 56 to 37, ESA expansion 59 to 36 with no voting Domenici.
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Rtexas
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R- Conn
Martin Meehan
D-Mass
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Martin Mechan
Senate
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Pete Domenici
RNM
Jeff Bingaman
D-N.m
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Nixon China visit memory mix reflects era and change
A reflective flashback recounts Nixon's 1972 China trip with mixed tone on openness and human rights. It contrasts Nixon era diplomacy with later events, noting reactions, cultural signals, and the enduring push for reform led by Zhao Ziyang amid Tiananmen memories.
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Richard Nixon
Michael Jordan
China
Nixon
Peking
Air Force One
Chou En-lai
Clinton
Gallup
Tiananmen Square
Zhao Ziyang
Communist Party
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