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Perhaps I should claim false advertising with regard to this column’s title, or at least admit to leaving off the punchline. The title provides a nice launch point into the everyday phenomenon of how differently each one of us processes what we hear and see in the world around us—even those of us with the same "label"...

IDEA Public Schools is seeking an opinion from the Office of the Texas Attorney General as to whether or not certain financial information The Advance sought from the charter school since last Sept. 8 via an open-records request is subject to public disclosure.

When news first came down the pike last winter that the city of Pharr might get into the ambulance business, there were some mixed reactions – some good, some bad. In most situations that involve a hefty transaction that involves a city buying private assets, it seems the naysayers are usually the most vociferous, the most accusatory of what’s really going on behind the scenes, even though in most cases, nothing really is. Is it?