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- ArticleOpinion
Should Texas Stop Employers From Asking What You Made Before?
Should Texas employers be barred from asking job applicants about past pay? Here are the strongest arguments for disclosure limits and employer choice.
- ArticleRebuild
We Ran Out of Teachers Before We Ran Out of Students
The dental academy bottleneck moved from students to teachers. So we published the pay, the commitment, and every dollar an applicant will ever be asked for.
- ArticleEast Texas
Longview’s $76 Million Dairy Plant Enters Its Construction Window: Jobs, Water, and What to Watch
Longview’s planned $76 million dairy plant lists a July 20 construction start. See the official timeline, 150-job projection, water questions, and next steps.
- ArticleRyan's Take
Should Texas Require Employers to Disclose AI Screening Before You Apply?
Texas restricts some harmful AI uses, but job applicants may not get notice before automated screening. Should employers have to disclose it first?
- ArticleThe Work
A School Published Every Dental Office Within Fifty Miles
Premier Dental Academy of Longview published 232 verified dental offices across 28 East Texas towns, free, with no rankings. Why that directory is the most valuable page on the site.
- ArticleBehind the scenes
Every Lost Lead Needs a Reason Code
A closed lead without a clear outcome teaches your business nothing. Build a small reason-code system that turns missed opportunities into repairs.
- ArticleOpinion
Should Texas Require Pay Ranges in Every Job Posting?
Texas pay ranges remain optional in private job postings. Here is the strongest case for disclosure, the real employer concerns, and a fair rule.
- ArticleThe Work
A School That Stopped Renting Its Own Front Door
How we replaced hand-run applications and rented software with an enrollment engine the school owns outright.
- ArticleRebuild
The Plumber Who Tells You to Go Get Other Estimates
Streety Plumbing prints Master Plumber License M-38762 on its home page, then tells you to get multiple estimates. Here is the seven question hire check.
- ArticleRebuild
The Vote Was 99 to 0. The Door Had Never Opened Before
On September 21, 1981, the Senate confirmed Sandra Day O’Connor 99-0. Four days later, she became the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court in history.
- ArticleThe Work
I Published A Zero On My Own Sales Website
Verified cash over thirty days: zero dollars. Live on my own sales page. Here is why the number you would be tempted to fudge is the only one that buys you anything.
- ArticleRebuild
They Said I Was Finished. I Built a School That Puts People Into $42k Jobs.
For a long stretch of my life, the official story was that I was done. Finished. A cautionary tale. Let me show you what a finished man builds. In Longview, Texas, there is a dental assistant school called Premier Dental Academy. I built th
- PhotoJ6
Judge Hogan, on the record: "I accept your argument that his due process rights were violated."
A senior federal judge looked at how I was being held before any trial, called it "terrible," and said — out loud, on the record — that my due process rights had been violated. Then I went back to my cell and stayed there. That is not my ch
- ArticleBehind the scenes
Nobody at Your Company Has Ever Been Your Customer
You have never seen your business from the front door. Here is the one hour test that shows what a stranger actually receives, and what it usually finds.
- ArticleThe Work
Twelve Leads Got an Answer in Two Seconds. Five Waited All Night.
My auto responder answered twelve leads in two to four seconds and left five sitting for up to thirty nine hours. Here are the timestamps, and the one query that found it.
- ArticleNews
Longview Residents Can Learn Canva Free This Afternoon
Longview Public Library offers a free Canva Basics class today from 1 to 4 p.m. Registration is required, and students will create a flyer in class.
- ArticleThe Work
Six Leads Rang My Phone. All Six Got Answered. Forty-Three Never Got a Call.
I ran one query on my own CRM and found 44 leads nobody ever contacted. Every lead that rang the phone got answered. Only one in five form fills did. The numbers, published.
- ArticleThe Work
The Second Job Is Already Priced
Lone Star Total Wash publishes recurring contract rates beside one-time rates, and every recurring tier matches the next larger one-time tier. Follow up built as a structure instead of a phone call.
- ArticleEast Texas
Kenneth Travis Held On for 50 Minutes and 4 Seconds. East Texas Should Know His Name.
A Longview Marine, mortgage CEO and coworking owner set the Guinness World Record for the longest straight arm plank. Here is who he is and how to reach him.
- ArticleThe Work
The Send Log Said Done. The Counter Said Six.
I promised 34 paying customers a PDF and sent it. Six clicked, two of those links arrived cut in half. Sending is not delivering, and here is how to find the table that tells you the truth.
- ArticleThe Work
Twenty-Two Free Things Before They Ask You for Anything
A donation funded mission published a free tool that writes your fundraising letter. Twenty-two free resources, no gate, and one ask at the bottom.
- ArticleThe Work
The Pages Nobody Reads Are the Ones Trying to Do Everything
Seven days of my own human-only page data: the homepage takes the most traffic and gets read 2 percent deep, while single-job pages get read to the bottom. What that means for your site.
- ArticleThe Work
I Woke Up to 480 Visitors. 364 of Them Were a Robot.
One in four page views on my site over 30 days was automated. Here are the real numbers, how I caught it, and why your traffic number needs one more question.
- ArticleRebuild
The Grocery Store That Let Shoppers Serve Themselves
Piggly Wiggly changed grocery shopping in 1916 by letting customers serve themselves. The deeper business lesson is about redesigning the whole path.
- ArticleBusiness
Facebook Sent Twice the Clicks. X Sent Every Sale.
Seven book orders in seven days. Six came from X, one from Google, zero from Facebook. I pulled the numbers off my own server and published what they said, including the part that made me look dumb.
- ArticleLegal Spotlight
Why Texas Will Not Let You Hold Your Own Evidence
Under Texas Code of Criminal Procedure 39.14(f) you can view your discovery but never hold a copy, and no judge can change that. Both sides of the rule, explained plainly.
- ArticleBusiness & Technology
AI Arbitrage Is Not a Dirty Word. Here Is What You Are Actually Paying For.
A $500 website costs almost nothing to build now. So what is the client paying for? Both sides of the argument and the one question to ask any builder in 2026.
- ArticleRyan's Take
Should Texas Set Its Own Minimum Wage Above $7.25?
Texas still uses the $7.25 federal minimum wage. Here are the strongest arguments for a higher state floor and for letting local labor markets set pay.
- ArticleRyan's Take
Should Texas Publish Job and Wage Results for Every Workforce Grant?
Texas funds customized workforce training for private employers. Should every grant publish completion, placement, retention, and wage results for taxpayers?
- ArticleHistory, Business & Technology
The Well That Changed the World at 69 Feet
On August 27, 1859, Edwin Drake's drill stopped at 69.5 feet. A cast-iron pipe had solved the real problem and helped launch the modern oil industry.
- ArticleRyan's Take
Should Texas Require Air Conditioning on Every School Bus?
Texas regulates school bus safety but does not require air conditioning on every bus. Here are the strongest cases for a mandate and local control.
- ArticleBehind the scenes
I Cut My Own Output By Sixty Percent
My publishing system was hitting its number by stretching the truth. So I built a governor into it. Why every system needs a stop condition written before the run condition.
- ArticleThe Work
Sometimes the Right Build Is Four Pages
I build software for a living, which is exactly why I will tell you when you do not need any. A four page site is the correct answer for a lot of service businesses.
- ArticleThe Work
Publish the Ladder. Credit the First Step.
Four published price floors and one rule that changes everything: the paid entry step is credited in full toward the build. Why hiding your price costs more than it protects.
- ArticleThe Work
Put the Price on the Page: The $5 to $497 Ladder
Four productized tiers with published prices. Why a services page with no prices filters out everybody too proud to ask.
- ArticleThe Work
Why Not Just Use Wix? Here Is the Honest Answer.
Sometimes you should. But a builder sells you one stage of eight, and then you buy the other seven separately, forever.
- ArticleThe Work
If I Disappeared Tomorrow, Would Your Business Still Run?
Your code, your data, your accounts. The five question ownership audit, and why builders keep the keys.
- ArticleReflection
The Widow's Jar and the Empty Pantry
2 Kings 4: a widow with nothing but a small jar of oil. What that story taught me in a thin season, plus a fifteen minute inventory you can do tonight.
- ArticleRebuild
An Angel Tree for Careers: A Local Business Can Cover Somebody's Whole Seat
A local business can cover a dental assistant student's whole $3,000 seat. Why Premier Dental Academy of Longview's Sponsor-a-Student program earned my trust.
- ArticleBehind the scenes
Nobody Wants to Read Your Website. They Want It to Do Something.
Your visitors did not come to learn about you. Why a free tool on your own domain beats copy, testimonials and ads, and which one to build first.
- ArticleEast Texas Business
East Texas Business Spotlight: Daren Horton and Gecko Pest Control
Meet Gecko Pest Control owner Daren Horton and learn about the Marshall company's services, history, community work, licensing record, and customer checklist.
- ArticleEast Texas Business
East Texas Business Spotlight: Robbie and Tracy Shoults of Bear Creek Smokehouse
Meet Bear Creek Smokehouse co-owners Robbie and Tracy Shoults and learn how the Marshall-area family business has grown since 1943.
- ArticlePolitics
House Passes Stopgap Funding Through December 4: What H.R. 9770 Does—and What Happens Next
A facts-first guide to H.R. 9770, the House-passed stopgap funding bill: the December 4 deadline, programs continued, restrictions, Senate path, and shutdown risk.
- ArticleEast Texas Business
East Texas Business Spotlight: How Megan and James Heath Grew Pack N Mail
Meet Pack N Mail owners Megan and James Heath, the Longview and Gilmer entrepreneurs recognized by the SBA in 2026. See their story, services, and practical small-business lessons.
- ArticleOp-ed
The Most Dangerous Page in the World Is Page One of Your Name.
The most dangerous page in the world is page one of your own name. Somebody heard about you today. Maybe a customer. Maybe a reporter. Maybe a woman deciding whether to hire you or call the other guy. And the second they got curious, they d
- ArticleOp-ed
A Lead You Don't Answer Is a Sale You Handed Your Competitor.
Somebody filled out your form at 9pm. By the time you called back at noon the next day, they already hired the guy who answered first. That is not a marketing problem. That is a plumbing problem. The leads are coming in. They are just leaki
- ArticleOp-ed
A Pretty Website Is a Billboard in the Desert.
Most websites are billboards in the desert. Beautiful. Expensive. Seen by nobody, and selling even less. I need to say this plain, because it costs good people real money every single day. A pretty website is not a business. A logo is not a
- ArticleOp-ed
Mitch McConnell Must Retire. Immediately.
Found unconscious at his D.C. home, missing nine straight votes, and his office still won't say why. Ryan Nichols on why McConnell needs to resign now, not in January.
- ArticleOp-ed
Weaponized: Lawfare in Harrison County, and the Lawyer I Can't Find
I believe Harrison County's government has been weaponized against me — multiple charges, a civil suit, and no attorney in East Texas willing to take my case. Here is what lawfare looks like up close, and how you can help me keep fighting.
- PhotoPersonal
A Marine, a flood rescuer, a J6 target — and this week I'm asking for help.
**Before I ask you for anything, let me tell you who's asking.** I'm Ryan Nichols. I served in the United States Marine Corps. I built a business with my own two hands. And when Hurricane Harvey drowned Houston, I didn't watch it on TV — I
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