Forest Country News

State Rep. White calls for Texas to end jail time for minor traffic offenses

By Karen Kidd | Mar 17, 2021

The controversial state practice of arresting people during minor traffic stops needs to end, said an East Texas conservative Republican representative during a recent blog.

Trump should concede, failed Democrat Texas state House candidate says

By Karen Kidd | Nov 24, 2020

President Donald Trump should end the post-election circus of lawsuits, pressuring state Republican lawmakers and other attempts to overturn the election, and concede - perhaps even resign - the losing Democrat candidate for the Texas State House District 11 seat said during a recent interview."Trump should cooperate with the transition and leave office the day Biden gets inaugurated," Alec Johnson, who was soundly defeated by incumbent Republican Rep. Travis Clardy (R- Nacogdoches) during this month's General Election, told Forest Country News during an email interview.