TEXAS VIEW: Shaky Texas grid can’t handle anymore energy-guzzling crypto miners
While Texans this year sweated out the hottest August ever recorded and paid budget-crushing electricity bills to cool their homes, at least one Bitcoin...
TEXAS VIEW: UTSA’s fostering education success program is a state model
More than 80% of 17- and 18-year-olds in foster care say they want to attend college, but only 20% enroll and only a fraction...
TEXAS VIEW: Will Texas build the workforce it needs?
Building Texas’ workforce of the future isn’t as simple as hanging out a “we’re hiring” shingle. And that’s why we’re hopeful that the state’s...
TEXAS VIEW: Dental care is vital to health, and too many Texas don’t have...
Imagine that you’re 67 years old and you wake up with a severe toothache. You can’t sleep. You know you might need a root...
TEXAS VIEW: Fair TEA ratings needed for public school districts
A Travis County judge has temporarily blocked the Texas Education Agency from releasing its new and “unlawful,” A-F 2022–23 school year performance ratings for...
TEXAS VIEW: Nazis, QAnon and groypers, oh my!
Among the many fables credited to Aesop is one about a man who wanted to buy an ass and asked the owner of the...
TEXAS VIEW: Abbott’s voucher focus is derailing public school funding
If ever there were evidence of the folly of insisting on a new spa in the backyard before you fix the leaky roof or...
TEXAS VIEW: Leaders right and left alike, it’s time to get serious on rooting...
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick probably hoped that making a strong statement against antisemitism and calling on Republicans to roust hatemongers from their ranks would...
TEXAS VIEW: The absurdity of stringing razor wire on the Texas-New Mexico border
We have so many questions about Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s directive to the National Guard to string razor wire on the state’s border with...
CORNYN: Harvesting Texas traditions
By U.S. Senator John Cornyn, R-Texas
As the cool breeze of autumn begins to sweep through the Lone Star State, there’s a particular charm that...