AI is redefining how banks operate, enabling faster workflows, smarter decisions, and stronger fraud prevention. AI is not one single product; it’s a set of tools that learn from data, recognize patterns, and can even understand and generate language. Banks often promote AI for convenience as in the ubiquitous chatbot that can answer basic questions 24/7 as well as automation that reduces manual paperwork. Those tools matter, but the most important role of AI in modern banking is how it changes the fraud battlefield: it helps banks detect fraud sooner, and it forces banks (and customers) to defend against more convincing scams.

To the editor: I attended the La Grange City Council meeting on Feb. 9.

To the Editor: Have you been persuaded to vote for a candidate who has loaded your mailbox with fliers deriding his/her opposition? Have you asked yourself who composes the messages on those fliers and where does the money come from to pay for the postage to get those mailers addressed and sent to you? The return address on the mailer is the source of the message. Most of the mailers are sent by PACs, political action committees.

To the Editor: I hope everyone enjoyed their holiday on Monday, Feb. 16.

To the editor: A couple weeks ago, I found Annette Citzler’s account of her travels and comparisons to our country’s current state of affairs haunting. Her words were unfortunately accurate with the authenticity of a person well-traveled.

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and Gov. Greg Abbott presided last week over the opening of new facility in Edinburg to produce sterile flies in order to combat a potential invasion of New World screwworms from Mexico that could threaten the nation’s leader in cattle production, The Tribune reported.

To the editor: Let me see if I got this right: 1. The Fayette Power Plant (“FPP”) is the 10th dirtiest power plant in the nation as reported by the FCR some months back which is incredible and not in a good way.

To the Editor: Last Monday the La Grange School Board voted unanimously to tax La Grange citizens for $90 million dollars. They say the money will be used to refurbish old school buildings so they can have a better campus flow and, most significantly, a new indoor band facility.

To the Editor: I am writing to express my strong support for mitigating the current and future pollution generated by the Fayette Power Project (FPP), which is co-owned by Austin Energy and the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA). With the City of Austin actively negotiating an exit from the project by January 2029, we are currently within a critical regulatory window to demand accountability and updated environmental assessments before ownership potentially consolidates.

To the editor: On January 6, 2021, At the urging of President Trump, a violent and angry mob descended on the capitol attempting to stop the confirmation of Joe Biden as the lawfully elected president. The people’s house was desecrated, policemen were seriously injured and some died.