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“Every day, every year, and for every graduating class, there is a choice to be made. It’s the same option for all grownups, who have to decide to be one of three types of Americans. Those who embrace liberty and freedom for all, those who won’t, or those who are indifferent.” —Tom Hanks, commencement address, Harvard University, 2023 In a world where technology has splintered us into a million different directions, there is a refreshing clarity that happens every May, as the famous and sometimes, infamous, the learned and the artistic, and the popular and politic arrive at the Academy’s podium to give their advice to the next generation.

Gov. Greg Abbott late last week warned lawmakers to be prepared for several special sessions to pass a tax reform bill that he will accept, as well as a school voucher plan that failed to pass during the regular session.

In January 2020, Spur joined more than 2,600 towns across the U.S. vying to be selected by HGTV for a Hometown Takeover project. You may remember when a huge crowd of us gathered under the big spur to make a video pitch to the cable network.