Texas Views Editorial Collection From The Associated Press
The following is a collection of editorials from Texas newspapers as compiled by The Associated Press. The pieces present varied opinions on state affairs, reflecting the public discourse of the era and highlighting evolving policies and political sentiment across Texas communities.
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Water Woes Drive Texas Officials to Seek Solutions
Texas faces drought-driven pressure as reservoirs fall to 22-year lows and 60 water systems impose mandatory restrictions. Edwards Aquifer Authority begins cloud-seeding across 6 million acres while new laws aim to boost conservation and drought management. Water quality concerns loom amid a 9,000-gallon chemical release into San Martin Lake and debate over easing standards for a paper mill discharge into Lake Sam Rayburn.
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Texas
Jeff Wentworth
San Antonio
Wentworth
Edwards
Bexar
Here
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
San Martin Lake
TNRCC
Sam Rayburn
U.S. Public Interest Research Group
Texas Water Development Board
Unions Shrink Private Sector Role Amid Strong Economy
Union membership rose to 16.5 million in 1999 as jobs surged by 2.7 million, leaving labor’s share steady at 13.9 percent. Public sector growth offset private losses, while unions face pressure to recruit 500 000 to 1 million workers annually to counter attrition.
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Labor Department
American Federation of State
Afl-Cio
United Auto Workers
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
al Gore
The
Victoria Advocate
Coulter Reviews Toobin Book With Mixed Scorn
Ann Coulter critiques Jeffrey Toobin's book on Clinton era claims, arguing many passages are false or selectively read. She notes Jones demanded apologies from Clinton since 1994 and accuses Toobin of inventing facts while defending her own selective reading as a review.
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Paula Jones
Kathleen Willey
Linda Tripp
Clinton
Toobin
Paula
Jones
ABC News
Peter Jennings
Washington Today
Arkansas
Jennings
White House
Lexis-Nexis
Arizona Republic
The
Palm Beach Post
Denver
Rocky Mountain News
the Guardian
London
Agence France Presse
Dallas Morning News
Coulter
Human Events
McCain Attacks Robertson and Falwell in Virginia Beach
Confidently slicing the religious right, Sen. John McCain derides Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell as demagogues and bigots. He links Rudman to his campaign and questions McCain’s pro life stance while defending a broader GOP integrity claim amid a divisive primary. Feder writes for the Boston Herald.
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Pat Robertson
Jerry Falwell
John McCain
McCain
Virginia Beach
Prince
Robertson
Falwell
Warren Rudman
al Gore
Louis Farrakhan
al Sharpton
Farrakhan
Sharpton
Arizonan
Rudman
David Souter
Supreme Court
Elmer Gantrys
Arizona
The
San Francisco Chronicle
Feder
Boston Herald
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Odessa American
San Antonio Express-News
Public Forum
Odessa
Freedom.com
Dunigan’s People
Tite Media Services. Inc
Fogines
Bill Salter
John Kerr
Ken Brodnax
Ann Coulter
New York Observer
America
Confeder
John
Lallard
Illmore
By Bruce Tinsley