Bridget Grumet
Editorial Writer and Columnist at Austin American-Statesman
Editorial Page Editor and columnist @statesman. Tell me about that thing no one's talking about. DMs open or [email protected]. RT ≠ endorsements.
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2 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Bridget Grumet
If you can get past the obvious ick factor, a city’s sewage contains an ocean of information. During the pandemic, for instance, Austin and other cities tracked COVID surges and new variants of the virus by routinely testing the wastewater — a sensible public health endeavor. But some of the same Texas lawmakers who seem awfully obsessed with who’s in the bathroom stall next to you are pushing another kind of bathroom bill that’s even creepier.
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2 weeks ago |
statesman.com | Bridget Grumet
If you can get past the obvious ick factor, a city’s sewage contains an ocean of information. During the pandemic, for instance, Austin and other cities tracked COVID surges and new variants of the virus by routinely testing the wastewater — a sensible public health endeavor. But some of the same Texas lawmakers who seem awfully obsessed with who’s in the bathroom stall next to you are pushing another kind of bathroom bill that’s even creepier.
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1 month ago |
statesman.com | Bridget Grumet
Stephen Tucker’s home was a burgundy Buick Regal Gran Sport parked in the downtown lot under Interstate 35, with blankets covering the windows. Tucker had recently replaced the battery, but the car still wouldn’t start. “Hey, it’s the mechanic!” Brendan Gemmell hollered as he pulled up in his Austin Animal Services van on a recent morning. “Can you give me a boost?” Tucker asked. “You got it, brother,” Gemmell said.
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1 month ago |
statesman.com | Bridget Grumet
LOUISE — By the time school counselor April Cubriel huddled around a small table with a pair of eighth graders on a recent Monday afternoon, she had a good sense of what was on kids’ minds at the Louise Independent School District, a 519-student district rooted in a Gulf Coast rice farming town unmarred by traffic lights. The high schoolers hoped for safe travels to the Houston Rodeo and a girls’ powerlifting competition.
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2 months ago |
statesman.com | Bridget Grumet
Finding people to disagree with has never been easier. But with all the snark, all the shouting, all the name-calling and fact-twisting, reaching any kind of understanding seems as difficult as ever. When I launched into my role three and a half years ago as the American-Statesman’s Metro columnist — a public trust and a dream job — I was focused on using this platform to unpack problems and find solutions.
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