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Author: Amanda Friedeck
WOMEN IN BUSINESS: DRESS TO IMPRESS
ALICE, Texas – Trends are essential to keep an eye on in 2023. Especially the growth and encouragement of women-owned and operated businesses around Texas. As a national leader, Texas keeps growing new opportunities and even promotes women in business with The Governor’s Commission for Women. It is known that the State of Texas is
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WOMEN IN BUSINESS: HOME HEALTH POLICY
ALICE, Texas – Maggie Saldivar with Saldivar Coastal Services, Inc. lives and breaths to help her community. As a family business, her mother inspired her to take over the company in 2016. Something important to the Saldivar family is that they advocate for the state and federal policy sectors to help open client services regarding
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GEARING UP FOR GROWTH IN RURAL TEXAS
ALICE, Texas – In a small rural area in South Texas, sometimes it is hard for change to occur, and not all changes are reasonable. Recently, a divide has formed that hurts the growth of opportunities in such small communities, especially in regard to the decreasing residential population. Especially when everyone thinks they know your
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The Reality of Flipping a County
ALICE, Texas – For over one hundred years, the Democratic Party ran Jim Wells County. This rural county, located in the center of South Texas, is a diamond in the rough because of its strong ties to the oil and gas industry. A local group recently decided to take on a challenge that most dismissed
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Responding First: Local Volunteers Making a Difference for South Texas
ORANGE GROVE, Texas – In rural South Texas, there are a lot of aspects that draw people to live their lives, build their businesses and grow their families. Becoming a part of a community that hearkens back for generations is appealing to many, but it takes effort to bring together such a special bond. Residents
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South Texas Heat: The Importance of Volunteer Fire Departments
JIM WELLS COUNTY, Texas – Over the past few weeks, a very different kind of South Texas Heat has gripped local communities. Drought conditions after freezing cold fronts coupled with high winds have combined to form dangerous wildfire susceptibility throughout the entire area. Consumer burn bans were implemented but illegal burning and vehicle-related incidents have
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Infusion of Cultures Recipe: Kicked-Up Chicken Mole
For a lot of families in South Texas, traditions are important. Keeping precious memories that have passed down through generations alive helps to enrich a family’s history as well as the culture that they are a part of. As a mother of three, life is always busy, but traditions demand our attention. My own upbringing
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Texas Foodie Agriculture Trends & Economic Developments
The Lone Star State is known around the nation for its own original cultural trends. Foodie trends that impact (and are impacted by) agriculture are not the least of these, and everything really IS bigger in Texas! Such trends drive economic development and advancement in a meaningful way. From rural communities to giant metropolises, this
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Is 2022 the Year of Conservative Women in Texas Politics?
Is 2022 the year of conservative women in Texas politics? The Presidential Election of 2020 came and went. Now at the end of 2021, it seems as though there was never a moment of downtime in the political arena. This is especially true when it comes to conservative women in Texas. Redistricting issues are still holding up the Texas Legislature Special
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Shaking Things Up: South Texas’s Grassroots Movement
After the 2020 election cycle, there began a social shift in local politics around Texas that has continued into 2021, as evidenced by the numerous local Grassroots organizations cropping up all over the state, and particularly in South Texas, which is a historically “Blue Territory”. The media loves to focus on the border cities and
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