Triple-Dip La Niña Dethroned by Amy Heimann On the 8th of June, 2023, the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) declared the official start to El Niño. This weather pattern, occurring usually once every three to seven years,…
Texas Legislature Headed for Multiple Special Sessions With the impeachment of Ken Paxton taking up most of the news about the Texas Legislature, it’s easy to overlook the fact that the session ended Monday, and immediately transitioned into a Special…
Sign Count: Polling the May Elections by Heath Bell For the last few months, I’ve been driving around the city and county counting the signs in order to gauge popular support for the City Council and School Board candidates. There…
Meet the Candidates The YRs reached out to the five candidates running for FISD school board in the upcoming local May 6th election. Here they weigh in on various questions. *Responses are recorded in order of last name, alphabetically. Can…
Gillespie Republican Party’s 2nd Lincoln Reagan Dinner a Huge Success by Amy Heimann The 2nd annual Gillespie County Lincoln Reagan dinner was held on Friday the 24th of February at the Edge in Fredericksburg. Kicking off the event was Mo…
Fredericksburg City Council Race Shaping Up by Heath Bell In the aftermath of the 2022 Primaries, City Council, School Board, and General Elections, it’s easy to forget that there are elections coming up in May 2023. The FISD School Board…
The Power of Definitions by Amy Heimann Stanford University wants to stop offending people. At least, that is the most charitable explanation of their latest efforts to remove “many forms of harmful language…in Stanford websites and code.” A newly released…
Gillespie County’s New Representatives by Heath Bell Now that the 2022 midterm elections are over, many governmental changes are expected to take place across the nation, including most notably that Republicans have thankfully retaken the House of Representatives. With the…
Gillespie Republicans Running Unopposed for Almost All Positions by Heath Bell Despite the left’s insistence that Biden is doing a great job and the country is on the right track, their own collapse in involvement and enthusiasm betrays their true…
Fredericksburg City Council Increases Taxes, then Changes Meeting Schedule to Tuesdays at 9AM by Heath Bell Throughout the summer, the City of Fredericksburg has been working on a new budget for the 2023 fiscal year. The hope of many citizens…
