Editorials

Editorial: As East Texas gets hotter and drier, wildfire prevention is key

As Smith County rolls into summer’s midpoint, it looks and feels like one big pile of kindling —…

Columnists

Our commitment to Tyler remains

Since our birth nearly 100 years ago, we have had different names, different owners, different publishers, different sizes,…

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Editorial: Despite COVID-19 fatigue, there’s good reasons to practice mitigation

Yes, we’re sick of it too. The bottles of hand sanitizer, the piles of masks and the never-ending…

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Other Views

The Biden Administration this week announced another installment in its student-loan forgiveness plan to “fix longstanding failures” in…

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Editorial: Officials must do everything they can to ensure mail-in voters meet new law requirements

The voices of 125 Smith County voters weren’t heard in the March primaries, and that’s 125 too many.…

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Editorial: State-mandated language on school bond ballots should be changed

Just because it’s in black and white — and in all caps — doesn’t necessarily make it true.…

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Vanishing information: Can we save local news and help restore American communities?

If you are worried about how Americans are getting their news and sharing information these days, or about…

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Pandemic-related population shifts reflected in census data

The pandemic has changed America in many ways, and one major change is the migration from states that…

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Other voices: Will Texas school superintendents quit in droves in 2022?

Public school superintendents feel pressure from many sides. It comes from politicians, parents, teachers and sometimes even students.…

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What Texas editors are saying

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