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Had anybody asked as recently as March 1 whether the 2020 hurricane season would be far more complex and fraught with uncertainty than any of …
In 1977, the Galveston Academic Excellence Booster Club created the Top 50 Awards to recognize outstanding students and teachers in local scho…
Monday is the official start of the Atlantic hurricane season, which runs through the summer and typically heats up for this region from about…
The official observance of Memorial Day is Monday.
It seems unlikely a move to expand the population of Texans who can vote by mail will get a fair hearing this week before the Texas Supreme Court.
A contractor working on the Heards Lane water line project over the weekend hit a sanitary sewer line.
When the nation has passed through the COVID-19 pandemic, and assuming it can pass through the partisan fog emanating from both political pole…
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Michael A. Smith commented on Daily News adjusts print frequency to navigate COVID economy
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Michael A. Smith commented on Galveston closes bars, tourist attractions, restricts restaurants
It's only Galveston at this point.
Michael A. Smith commented on In forgiving a debt, park board set a bad precedent
As a matter of policy, reporters are supposed to always find out why members of boards abstain or are absent from votes. The reporter in this case just didn't follow policy.
Michael A. Smith commented on League City mayor calls holiday cease-fire, council hopes for calm
It wasn’t worth fighting during the holiday season, however, he said.
Michael A. Smith commented on We're bullish on Galveston code enforcement
Wayne, which carpetbaggers are getting a pass on code enforcement?
Michael A. Smith commented on State should reform corrupted ferry pass program
How do you explain what there are a lot more passes than people? To believe that these are being used as intended, you have to accept that everybody who lives on Bolivar is too infirm to sit in a ferry line and that a number of visitors slightly greater than the total population is as wel…
Michael A. Smith commented on Austin can't answer main short-term rental question
I agree that is the case. The U.S. Census in 2017 estimated 32,000 housing units in Galveston, of which more than 11,000 were vacant. More than 35 percent is high and can’t help influence the market. That percentage has been about the same since 2010, however, as rent has gone up. In fa…
Michael A. Smith commented on Mixed-income developer eyeing Alamo School campus in Galveston
That's an excellent suggestion and we'll attempt to do it.
Michael A. Smith commented on On a father's lessons for his accidental son
Thank you all for reading the column and taking the time to comment. I might have my noted father’s experience wasn’t unique or even uncommon for the time. It was just life for most people back before the war. Some had it better, some worse. Some caught luckier breaks, so took worse hits.…