Q: Is it appropriate to use “y’all” in professional emails or phone calls? I usually don’t hesitate if I’m dealing with other long-term Texans, but for non-Texans or new transplants, I’m not…
Texas Monthly – A Flesh-Eating Worm Is Crawling Toward Texas. Can a Pause on Cattle Imports Keep It at Bay?
Give a screwworm an inch, and it’ll take a mile. This pernicious pest, which, in its adult form, has bulging orange eyes and a metallic blue-green body, has held insecta non grata…
El Paso Matters – Bird flu in El Paso – what we know so far
Texas officials recently reported highly pathogenic avian influenza was detected in captive wild birds in El Paso this past December – the first cases reported in more than two years in the…
The Athletic MiLB News – Breaking down Keith Law’s top 100 MLB prospects list: Risers, fallers and top systems
Which teams had the most top 100 prospects? Which ones had the most top 40 prospects? Who climbed the ranks? Who fell the most? Read: Read More
Texas Monthly – What Our Schools Actually Need
Recent years have not been kind to Texas’s public schools. Because of soaring inflation and paltry funding, many districts large and small are facing the prospect of insolvency. Citing low morale and…
Texas Monthly – Texas Superintendents on the Impending Budget Crisis: “This Is Not Going to End Well”
This story originally appeared in the February 2025 issue of Texas Monthly as part of our public-education feature, “What Our Schools Actually Need.” Two years ago, during the 2023 legislative session, superintendents of Texas…
Texas Monthly – Fine Arts Programs Are the Jewels of Our Public School System. It’s Time We Finally Funded Them.
This story originally appeared in the February 2025 issue of Texas Monthly as part of our public-education feature, “What Our Schools Actually Need.” No state in the country does fine arts better, or at…
Texas Monthly – Fed Up With the STAAR Test, Some School Districts Are Betting on a More Holistic Approach
This story originally appeared in the February 2025 issue of Texas Monthly as part of our public-education feature, “What Our Schools Actually Need.” Four polished plaques hang behind Jeff Burke’s desk. Emblazoned…
Texas Monthly – Several Teachers Changed His Life. Years Later, He Returned to the Classroom to Pay It Forward.
This story originally appeared in the February 2025 issue of Texas Monthly as part of our public-education feature, “What Our Schools Actually Need.” Roberto Garcia muscled rows of school desks across the floor of…
El Chuqueño Blog – Is the Deck Park Dead, or Just Resting?
From Diego Mendoza-Moyers at ElPasoMatters.com: The effort to build a deck park suspended over Interstate 10 in Downtown El Paso hit a snag last week after the U.S. Department of Transportation did…