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Brent Money runoffAs a general principle, voters should not be held personally responsible for the shortcomings of the men and women they elect to office. If we were to hold them to that standard, though, the constituents of House District Two, covering three counties between Dallas and Tyler, would owe us all a big apology—maybe an edible arrangement or two. The man they sent to Austin in 2020 and 2022, Bryan Slaton, was a walking plague. Ultimately, he was fatal only to himself. The Republican from Royse City became the first member of the House to be ejected from office since 1927, by a 147–0 vote, after he plied a nineteen-year-old staffer with alcohol and had sex with her. One reason it would be wrong to place blame…

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Love-Station-Valentine-Texas-postmarkConsider this a public service announcement for all the romantics out there. Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, and as such, with that special someone front of mind, the time to act is nigh. In lieu of perfunctory chocolates or flowers, consider joining a Texas tradition that has endured for more than four decades: getting your card or letter stamped (or hand-canceled, for those readers still familiar with snail mail lingo) in the windblown West Texas hamlet of Valentine.The little town got its name in 1882, when a work crew extending the Southern Pacific railroad eastward arrived at the spot on, you guessed it, February 14. Thanks in part to the rail, which made the area a shipping point for nearby cattle ranchers, the…

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This episode is part of a sponsored content series with the Amegy Bank. Hear more stories here. Subscribe SPOTIFY – APPLE PODCASTS How do you create and build a company into one of Houston’s leading woman and minority-owned chemical distributors? You might do well to take some cues from Donna Cole, President and CEO of Cole Chemical & Distributing, Inc. Join us as we explore what led to Cole’s success in business, and how she gave back to the Houston community by lifting up women and minority voices.

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This episode is part of a sponsored content series with the Amegy Bank. Hear more stories here. Subscribe SPOTIFY – APPLE PODCASTS Creating community sometimes means seeing where there is a need and doing something to fill that need. After serving overseas in the military and spending some time in the real estate business, Andy Williams decided to do something to help his veteran brothers and sisters. Andy leads Rehab Warriors, a business and a community dedicated to helping veterans succeed by teaching the lessons and skills he’s learned in the real estate business in Fort Worth.

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This episode is part of a sponsored content series with the Amegy Bank. Hear more stories here. Subscribe SPOTIFY – APPLE PODCASTS Sometimes to help the business community, you have to go to the statehouse and get laws changed. Carlos de Aldecoa did just that. Join us as we meet a mover and shaker in the Houston business and beverage community. This entrepreneur and philanthropist not only gives back to the Houston community but has also created significant job growth for the Houston, Texas economy for more than 25 years.

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This episode is part of a sponsored content series with the Amegy Bank. Hear more stories here. Subscribe SPOTIFY – APPLE PODCASTS Some people would see a full life in giving back to a community through serving a church. Some people put more value in secular philanthropy. Still others equate success in business with a successful life. Janie Barrera has had all these chapters in her life. Join us as we follow how a nun from Corpus Christi became a pillar of the entrepreneurial community in San Antonio and in Texas. 

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This episode is part of a sponsored content series with the Amegy Bank. Hear more stories here. Subscribe SPOTIFY – APPLE PODCASTS Knowledge is power, and Paul Quinn President Michael Sorrell is helping make sure that every one of his students leaves school with that power. After practicing law and then serving in the White House as an executive assistant for the executive office, Michael Sorrell pivoted away from politics to education. Although originally on a path destined to be a political mover and shaker in Washington DC, Sorrell found himself making waves at a small, historically black college in Dallas. Join us in learning how one voice is working to uplift and empower his Texas community.   

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Danny-Kamerath-Artist-Woodworker-chairs-LlanoI’m standing in Danny Kamerath’s kitchen in Llano holding a dustpan and broom. There isn’t a crumb or speck of dirt on the floor. But even if there were, I wouldn’t feel right sweeping them up. Unlike the plastic sweep sets shoved away in pantries and utility closets, this one, elaborately carved from rare cocobolo wood and burnished to a buttery finish, belongs in a museum. Or maybe a palace. The price tag? $2,700.  “I suspect it will never really be used as a broom,” Kamerath tells me. Kamerath, 68, just might be Texas’s most innovative woodworker. He makes gobsmackingly beautiful objects and furniture, a lot of which reflects his quiet humor. Picture a melting chair you can’t actually sit in, or a stool shaped like a…

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Austin Media MarketLuz Moreno-Lozano was driving back to Austin after a reporting assignment in New Braunfels in 2022 when she received a call from her editor. There had been a shooting at an elementary school in the South Texas town of Uvalde, and she was the closest Austin American-Statesman journalist to the scene. “I just turned around and headed straight there,” she recalled recently. “I stopped to get gas and food, because I didn’t know how long I would be there.”In Uvalde, she found her way to a community center where dozens of desperate parents were waiting to learn whether their children were alive or dead. She spent the next two days interviewing bereaved family members and attending press conferences about the mass shooting, in which nineteen…

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This episode is part of a sponsored content series with the Amegy Bank. Hear more stories here. Subscribe SPOTIFY – APPLE PODCASTS One of the greatest parts of the Texas business community is the meaningful friendships made along the way. We caught up with Brad Freels, CEO of Midway, and Fred Caldwell, CEO of Caldwell Companies, to hear about their friendship that began all the way back in college. Join us as we hear about the things they’ve learned about business and community along the way to becoming two of the most transformative figures in Houston’s commercial and residential spaces.

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