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Bill Whitaker: New Trib Board of Contributors offers rich insights, lively...

Along with those writers who have continued to faithfully engage our readers we've added many others, seeking out voices representing different community perspectives.

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Bill Whitaker: Marketing pets by volume in West Texas

The Abilene shelter once processed about 10,000 animals a year, but the number has steadily dropped. So what's working out west?

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Bill Whitaker: Dead children of Newtown did what adults failed to do

The victims of Dec. 14 should give us the decency and courage to have a more meaningful debate.

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Bill Whitaker: White House petitions show Americans are pretty riled up as we...

Even our letters to the editor don't hold a candle to some of the ideas and proposals offered on the White House website these days.

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Bill Whitaker: Health care, education, water need our state leaders'...

Only one thing scares me more than another session of Congress - and that's the Texas Legislature firing up another of its biennial sessions.

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Bill Whitaker: Local officials may have to step up if state leaders balk on...

Rejecting federal cash to help a state's sizeable population of uninsured poor isn't conservative, it's foolish. And that logic that comes from one Republican governor who vehemently opposed Obamacare.

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Bill Whitaker: Truth in budgeting, Texas-style

Did you know state lawmakers didn't really balance the budget in 2011? Our legislators are expert at pulling a Washington-style tax-and-switch.

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Bill Whitaker: 'House Hunters' captures Waco's charms in easy-going episode

HGTV's "House Hunters" cast our city in quite a charming light in a recent episode.

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Bill Whitaker: Hear the one about the ship's cook and the Somali pirates?

The Texas Lyceum seems to be doing a terrific job of preparing an up-and-coming generation of Texas leaders for heady policy challenges.

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Bill Whitaker: 'Hot Seat' forum should press lawmakers hard on health care,...

Let's hope everyone involved gets past the superficialities of pressing state issues. Accountability counts.

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