Millennials falling behind their boomer parents

Baby Boomers: your millennial children are worse-off than you. Millennials earn 20 percent less than boomers did at the same stage of life, despite being better educated, according to a new analysis by the advocacy group Young Invincibles.

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Texas Senate passes Amarillo inspired bill to stop local governments from thwarting will of citizens

The Texas Senate passed an Amarillo inspired bill to stop local governments from thwarting the will of citizens. SB 2035 protects the will of the citizens by prohibiting a taxing entity from issuing public debt to finance a voter rejected project within five years of a bond proposition’s rejection. “The City of Amarillo should never had gone behind their voters back to finance a project that their voters overwhelmingly voted down. It’s an appalling example of an Elected City Council and Mayor thwarting the will of the voters!” Texas State Senator Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston) said. In 2020, the City of Amarillo put a $275 million bond on the ballot to finance a convention center expansion project. The bond was outright rejected, with more than 60 percent of voters against the expansion project. Under current law, the City of Amarillo could have used the three-year moratorium for bringing up the expansion bond again to alter their messaging to present a better case to voters. Instead,

Judicial misconduct complaint filed against Potter County Judge Nancy Tanner

An Amarillo man has filed a judicial misconduct against Potter County Judge Nancy Tanner. Thomas Warren III filed the complaint concerning an incident that occurred while his father, Tom Warren, was filing the necessary paperwork and monetary fee to challenge Tanner as a write-in candidate during the upcoming November election. "I filed a complaint against Judge Tanner with the State Commission on Judicial Conduct because I believe Tanner needs to be held responsible for her conduct unbecoming of an elected official, especially a judge. Judge Tanner disclosed information that was not readily available to the public solely for the purpose of lashing out at her opponent in the November election. As I noted in the complaint, one of the witnesses even told me later that he did not have any knowledge of this information before Tanner disclosed it that day. "Texas rules on judicial conduct are very clear: a judge may not disclose information gained through their judicial responsib

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