Rangers GM explains why he traded Rougned Odor to Yankees
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The Rangers designated Odor for assignment after spring training, during which he hit .200 in 35 at-bats. And that was a problem, since the Rangers owe him $27 million over the next two seasons.
According to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Rangers general manager Jon Daniels said the team was ready to dump Odor without getting anything back.
“We made the move without knowing we could trade him,” Daniels said. “We had to be comfortable with no financial relief [in return].”
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While the Rangers will be on the hook for most of the money remaining on Odor’s contract, Texas was able to extract a couple of prospects from the Yankees: minor league outfielders Antonio Cabello and Josh Stowers.
Colleyville council member tied to alleged website domain squatting
The domains currently being occupied feature the names of two city council candidates.
Controversy has come to Colleyville s city council election.(Lynda M. Gonzalez / Staff Photographer)
Controversy has come to Colleyville’s city council election following a report by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that ties a city council member to the registration of website domains that include the names of two rival candidates.
In February, four website domains featuring the names of city council candidates Amyn Gilani (GilaniForColleyville.com and AmynForCollyeville.com) and Kurt Meyer II (KurtForColleyville.com and MeyerForColleyville.com) were registered by Rigney Financial Services, according to the newspaper. The financial company’s principal is Wayne Rigney, the husband of Colleyville City Council Place 6 Member Callie Rigney.
Gov. Greg Abbott s office has been working quietly with Facebook with the hope that it will soon build a second data center in the state, according to documents provided to The Texas Tribune by the Tech Transparency Project. Credit: Carly May for The Texas Tribune
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Last month, Gov. Greg Abbottblasted the actions of Facebook as âun-American [and] un-Texan,â accusing it and other social media giants of spearheading a âdangerous movement to silence conservative voices.â
âThe First Amendment is under assault by these social media companies, and that will not be tolerated in Texas,â Abbott said.
Minnesota Opinion: There is good news regarding COVID-19
We aren’t quite out of the COVID-19 woods yet, but we are getting closer. How far we go and how fast we get there is up to all of us.
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Brainerd Dispatch Editorial Board | 7:30 am, Apr. 5, 2021 ×
Is there a media bias for bad news about COVID-19?
A recent Guest Opinion by Cynthia M. Allen of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, appearing in the March 30 Brainerd Dispatch e-edition, certainly makes the case that there is.
Allen cites a recently published working paper by a Dartmouth College economics professor and two fellow researchers analyzing media coverage during the pandemic. That analysis found national U.S. publications and networks produced dramatically more negative coverage than international, regional and scientific news sources.