Opinion

The Financial Stress
The Financial Stress

The Financial Stress of Growing Older

Thu, 09/03/2026 - 12:00am

Many senior adults face retirement expecting a time of greater freedom, relaxation, and enjoyment. However, for an increasing number of older Americans, financial stress has become a daily concern. Living on a fixed or limited income while facing rising housing costs, utilities, and grocery prices can create anxiety and uncertainty. Financial pressure can affect much more than a person’s bank account; it can influence physical health, emotional well-being, relationships, and overall quality of life.

STATE CAPITAL

STATE CAPITAL

Thu, 07/30/2026 - 12:00am

New challenge to school funding system The Midland school district is suing Education Commissioner Mike Morath and other state leaders in another challenge to the state’s public school finance system, known as “Robin Hood,” according to The Texas Tribune.

It’s Hard to Grow

It’s Hard to Grow Up

Thu, 07/30/2026 - 12:00am

Growing pains are showing all around me. In all the various stages of life that my kids are in, each one is being forced to let go of what is behind to forge on toward what lies ahead. Growing up isn’t necessarily something that happens against our will--it just gradually pours us into a new mold to be shaped in different ways. It’s bittersweet. Sometimes it’s even painful to grow and change and say goodbye to what we once recognized as the way life works. But growing up is necessary and good.

WILL B.

WILL B.

Thu, 07/30/2026 - 12:00am

I grew up thinking family was something you were either born into or left wishing you had. The family I grew up in didn’t know how to or didn’t want to show love and support. For a long time, I felt like I was on the outside of everything, watching other kids get picked up after school, laughing as they piled into a car with friends, brothers and sisters, heading home to homes that felt full - full of love and support- as I would find when I was able to spend the night at friends’ houses. Mine didn’t feel that way. It felt quiet, like I was always waiting for something to start. I didn’t know it then, but the thing I was waiting for was a team.

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