With nearly two years until the next legislative session, opponents of Texas’ anti-SLAPP statute have already announced they will try again in 2025 to roll back important protections in the law.
Texans for Lawsuit Reform, an influential group that pushes for business-friendly changes to the court system, told its members in a newsletter last month that changes to the statute will be a “priority” next session.
Attracting and keeping top talent can be difficult today. AffinityChoice, a new employee benefit group insurance program, is designed to help TPA members meet that challenge.
Eligible employees of participating members are offered a menu of voluntary group employee benefit coverages including life, dental, vision and short-term disability insurance.
A special feature included for TPA allows member publications with as few as two full-time employees to participate. Normally, only employers with a minimum of 10 employees are accepted.
The 114th annual meeting of the Panhandle Press Association was held July 14-15 in Canyon.
The convention opened with a luncheon on Friday during which Jim Steiert of the Hereford Brand and the late Carroll Koch of the Quanah Tribune-Chief were inducted into the PPA Hall of Fame.
Portal to Texas History Director Ana Krahmer shows Phil Major some of the older newspaper editions preserved at the University of North Texas Library. Major joined members of the Mineola Landmark Commission to Denton when they delivered historic documents retrieved from a 1936 time capsule.
By PHIL MAJOR, Publisher, Wood County Monitor
Recently I had the privilege of accompanying two members of the Mineola Landmark Commission to the Portal to Texas History offices at the University of North Texas in Denton.
The Post Dispatch, the weekly newspaper serving Garza County and its county seat of Post, southeast of Lubbock, and the Knox County News-Courier, serving the county seat of Benjamin and other cities including Knox City and Munday, are under new ownership beginning with the first issue of August 2023.
TAYLOR – Navasota Examiner Publisher and Ad Director Ana Cosino has been named Brazos Valley Area publisher, adding the Madisonville Meteor to her newspaper family.
“We are so pleased Ana has agreed to assume area publisher duties for the Madisonville Meteor in addition to the Navasota Examiner,” said Daniel Philhower, president and CEO of Granite Media Partners Inc. (GMP), which owns both newspapers.
Cosino went to work for the Navasota Examiner as a receptionist in 2009, then worked as a typesetter and six months later became the newspaper’s sales rep.
CUERO – Dave Shabaz is the new editor and publisher for DeWitt County Publishing, LLC, including the Cuero Record, Yorktown News-View, dewittcountrytoday.com and multiple associated special sections and niche products.
Most recently, Shabaz held the same post for the semi-weekly Sulphur Springs News-Telegram, weekly Country World newspaper as well as the magazines, niche publications, websites and other digital products in Hopkins County.
By MIKE HODGES and DONNIS BAGGETT
Texas Press Association
A market survey can be a powerful tool, but solid research is expensive — sometimes too expensive for an individual newspaper on a tight budget.
To help our members make the cash register ring, your Texas Press Association recently commissioned a statewide market survey that can be localized easily for your market. We think you’ll like the results.
More than a year after a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, a judge has ordered the Texas Department of Public Safety to release information about the attack and the law enforcement response.
On June 29, Travis County District Court Judge Daniella DeSeta Lyttle ruled in favor of a national media coalition which sued DPS to release public records related to the tragedy, including information regarding the 91 DPS officers who responded to Robb Elementary and the agency’s subsequent investigation into the law enforcement response.
AUSTIN – The Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Texas Public Information Act at the annual state conference Sept. 28 at the AT&T Hotel and Conference Center in Austin.