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First Local Foods Lobby Day • Lost Pines Meets Wed • Giving Watson Slack
This brief LIV-Indy News boost is to encourage you go to the Capitol tomorrow, Monday, February 13th, to support our local food advocates...
LIV
Feb 12, 20232 min read


Will the EPA protect our water if Texas won't?
In September 2021, twenty organizations advocating for clean water and air protections in Texas blew the whistle to the EPA...
LIV
Feb 10, 20231 min read


LIV-Indy News, Feb. 9, 2023
Will the EPA Protect Our Water if Texas Won't? • In Memory of David Van Os, working class hero • Media Whistleblower, Jeff Gerth,...
LIV
Feb 9, 20234 min read


In memory of David Van Os, Texas working class hero.
Photo Credit: Civil Rights in Black & Brown Oral History Project at TCU accessed here. David Van Os, who passed away on January 3, 2023,...
LIV
Feb 7, 20232 min read


Nattering Nabobs of Negativism Unite! LIV News, Jan. 27, 2023
Some of you young pups did not have the pleasure of witnessing former Vice President Spiro Agnew in action. Agnew was one of only two...
LIV
Jan 27, 20232 min read


Sandow Lakes Hearing Goes to SOAH
Many thanks for permission to reprint this article from the Burleson County Tribune. LIV encourages our readers to subscribe to your...
LIV
Jan 27, 20234 min read


New President Named to Lost Pines
Public fails to sway board to keep Sheril Smith As published in the Giddings Times & News January 26, 2023, Vol. 133, No. 37 During an...
Reprint
Jan 26, 20236 min read


Corrections & Additions
In yesterday's LIV news, there was a broken link to our most important ask: renew your membership, join for the first time, or donate to...
LIV
Jan 17, 20231 min read


Elephant in the Water
Notice: If you live in the Bastrop or Lee County, please attend the Lost Pines Groundwater Conservation District meeting on Wednesday,...

LIVTeam
Jan 16, 20233 min read


Energy Series of the Year! Come this Winter, on Energy bill increases, Paul Robbins
This is a five-part series detailing energy utility bill hikes that affect everything from household budgets to the world economy. The...
LIV
Jan 16, 20231 min read


Happy Trails, Judges Fischer & Pape
LIV wishes retiring judges Lee County's Paul Fischer and Bastrop County's Paul Pape all the best in their recent retirements. We caught...
LIV
Jan 16, 20231 min read


Candidate of the Year, Runner Up and Very Honorable Mentions
The Outstanding Sarah Stogner Republican Primary Candidate for Railroad Comissioner Oil and gas attorney, Sarah Stogner, ran in the GOP...
LIV
Jan 16, 20233 min read


MLK Day for Independents: The Elephant in the Water
Celebrate the independent, unity builder, dreamer, and supreme organizer, Martin Luther King today! Join and get active in the League of...
LIV
Jan 15, 20232 min read


LIV Citizen of the Year
Nancy McKee brought the Elephant into the hearing room! LIV proudly announces our citizen of the year, Nancy McKee of Lexington, Texas....
LIV
Jan 15, 20231 min read


LIV Story of the Year!
In 2021, SAWS lost almost 43,000 acre-feet of water, nearly the same amount of water pumped to San Antonio by Vista Ridge (50,000...
LIV
Jan 15, 20231 min read


Today's Senate Hearing on Water
The 88th Session of the Texas Legislature (the Lege) begins on January 10th. See important dates for the Lege here. That said,...
LIV
Nov 16, 20223 min read


Losers of the World Unite! LIV Monday Forum; Water Hearing Wednesday.
Last Tuesday, all us Texans lost as we witnessed the tightening of one-party kleptocratic Republican rule. You can't just chalk it up to...
LIV
Nov 11, 20221 min read


Water Alert! Come Thursday, 7 pm!
LIV reprints this SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM THE SIMSBORO AQUIFER WATER DEFENSE FUND (SAWDF) CLICK ON THE PICTURE TO WATCH SAWDF'S 6 minute...
LIV
Oct 26, 20222 min read


In Memoriam: Bob Martin, San Antonio Taxpayer Hero
LIV met Bob Martin late in his leadership of the Homeowner Taxpayer Association of Bexar County (HTA). A CPA by training, Bob's heart was...
LIV
Oct 5, 20221 min read


Can Linda and horse, Whistle, move from third to first place?
Linda Curtis was pretty sure Whistle's hair hadn't been done yet (as seen in this picture) and she was riderless when the judges came by...
LIV
Oct 5, 20221 min read
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