Our View Do the right thing vote yes on GC bonds
The Sun urges Goose Creek CISD voters to approve a 437.4 million bond on May 5. Propositions 1 and 2 fund new schools, renovations, and facilities to ease overcrowding, improve accessibility, and enhance security and athletics for Baytown and Highlands students. David Bloom outlines aims and community benefits.
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Kids deserve yes votes on Props 1 and 2
A reader defends district bond proposals, criticizing Thomas Parent for lack of alternatives. The letter stresses focus on student benefit, district research, and upcoming graduation attendance, urging a yes vote to support future generations and community prosperity.
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Today in History highlights major events on this date
Key moments include the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition opening in Chicago, 1931 dedication of the Empire State Building in New York, 1960 Powers captured after U 2 shootdown, Elvis and Priscilla’s Las Vegas wedding in 1967, and Obama announcing Osama bin Laden’s death in 2011. Francis Bacon quote appears.
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What matters most to you stems through a life mosaic
JoAn Martin, a retired teacher with five novels, reflects on how priorities shifted from dress ups and horses to friendship and family, then teaching, publishing, and finally her current drive with the Women’s Story Book Project of Texas. Her work brings books and recorded mother child moments to incarcerated mothers and their children.
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High Court weighs redistricting cases on voting rights
Federal reviews last week focused on gerrymandering and voter access across multiple districts. Justice Kennedy's stance remained undecided as panels and state courts weighed plans in Texas and beyond, with appeals possible to the full 11th circuit or the Supreme Court.
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Oldham Defends Judicial Impartiality In Fifth Circuit Pick
President Trump’s choice Andy Oldham, a top Abbott aide and former attorney general official, faced Senate questions at a April confirmation hearing about past remarks on the Supreme Court. Durbin pressed whether Oldham would be bound by Supreme Court rulings, and Oldham replied he would be.
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