Texas judges election debate sparks calls for reform
Amarillo Globe-News reports Rep. Brooks Landgraf proposes an 11 member advisory board to rate gubernatorial nominees for local and statewide judges. If approved by two thirds of the Senate, judges would face nonpartisan four year retention elections. The debate features Chief Justice Hecht and former Chief Justice Phillips supporting nonpartisan labeling and retention based on qualifications. Acknowledges other states use appointment followed by retention and notes time constraints in the session.
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Peril in Iran policy debated by letter writer
A letter argues the term terrorist organization is misused as a tool of U S foreign policy. It states broad sanctions on the Islamic Revolutionary Guard risk diluting global consensus against non state terrorists and portrays Trump and neo conservatives as pushing the United States toward bullying instead of diplomacy.
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Frampton rescued by Good Friday jazz radio memory
Lanny Griffith recalls Friday when jazz station 90.9 KTSU FM played Peter Frampton’s 11 minute Do You Feel Like We Do. He muses on radio’s past freeform days, branding formats, and the spark from DJs who followed personal tastes.
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Everything Costs in Life and Love Says Local Writer
A Baytown Sun columnist argues that nothing is free from retail promos to relationships, stressing price tags in love work and public services. She notes welfare and healthcare costs, taxes, and Canada’s system, ending with a call to pay the price and a local byline for Ginger Stripling in Mont Belvieu.
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This Day In History Highlights Major 1865 Booth Death
Key events across history include John Wilkes Booth killed by federal troops near Port Royal Virginia in 1865. Other milestones feature 1607 English colonists landing at Cape Henry for a first Western Hemisphere settlement and 1777 Sybil Ludington's midnight ride in Dutchess County New York to warn militia.
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