Our Viewpoint
Editorials City steps up when needed for shelter
      It has been rumored and discussed for many years now but with a single motion and unanimous agreement, the city of Jasper is finally getting an animal shelter. Maybe. Earlier this year, the city and Jasper County finally agreed to fund an equal portion of the shelter but neither wanted ownership...
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Jasper - the promised land
By PATTY SHAW Jasper
      In the summer of 1977, my family moved to Jasper from Central Texas. We knew no one in Jasper, but 30 years later, this is home. Friends laugh when I refer to this place as "the Promised Land," but we had lived in several small towns in Texas until my father found the Jewel of the Forest. Here we...
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Letters to editor criteria outlined
      The Jasper Newsboy would like to publish your thoughts and concerns about issues that are important to you. All Letters to the Editor should be accompanied with the writer's name and daytime telephone number for verification purposes.
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Guest Commentary
One person's viewpoint Citizens need to take close look at county's budget
By WINCY WALKER Jasper
      Greed is wanting and taking more than one morally deserves. Greed can take the form of seeking undeserved subsidies or privileges. Greed also motivates dictators, politicians, and government officials to seek and maintain their power. Greed benefits from ignorance and apathy of voters.
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Capital Highlights
A summary of the week's significant events in Austin
Ed Sterling Texas Press Association
      Hutchison files anti-toll S. 2019 legislation A USTIN - Talk of buying back certain stretches of federal interstate highway in Texas and then collecting new tolls to drive on them hit a roadblock earlier this month. On Sept. 5, U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, filed S. 2019, legislati...
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