2018

 

Lending our voices to public discourse, January 11, 2018  Because local issues are more directly stamped into shared daily experiences, public discourse in the San Angelo community has trended toward greater vitality.

 

Gauging the oil boom’s effect, February 1, 2018  The San Angelo Social Health Index reveals that the record-setting growth due to the oil boom has softened in the local economy.

 

County life expectancy lags, March 1, 2018  Tom Green County’s unimpressive level of life expectancy improvement reveals a striking gender-based health disparity in the local community.

 

Violent crime rates up in the city, April 5. 2018  San Angelo’s increase in violent crime tops most US cities in recent years. Furthermore, death from gun violence has now climbed above the national watermark.

 

Minimum pay gap hurts families, May 3, 2018  Conditions in San Angelo households have slipped in recent years.

 

Religious activity and political affiliations, June 7, 2018  The hardening of voter support for Republican Party politics in the local community, in part via its correlation to local religious change, shows that the crumbling wall of separation is not limited to Washington.

 

The time for equal rights is now, July 5, 2018  The recent 12-year earnings history of Latinas in Tom Green County suggests they will see rapidly increasing inequity between their paychecks and those of other men and women in the local economy.

 

Region weighs in on immigration issues, August 2, 2018  Two-thirds of Texans support the idea to require immigrants to learn English with support for the requirement generally higher in most West Texas areas.

 

Addressing health inequalities, September 6, 2018  Addressing inequalities of health outcomes requires the belief that communities can change. Above all, it requires the belief that a good community must do the right thing for all its members.

 

Aging in place in San Angelo, October 4, 2018.  Nearly 92% of San Angelo seniors age 65 and over was what geriatric specialists describe as  “aging in place.”  

 

Comparing San Angelo, November 1, 2018 The San Angelo metro economy helped reduce family poverty from 29%.

 

Earned Income tax credits help lower-income workers, December 9, 2018   Evidence shows that the Earned Income Tax Credit substantially supplements income in working households of all San Angelo neighborhoods.