TEXAS VIEW: Abbott’s Super Tuesday triumph in voucher battle is no win for Texas

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Our own Captain Ahab, otherwise known as Gov. Greg Abbott, managed to plunge his harpoon into the belly of the great whale last week....

TEXAS VIEW: Sobering Stats: TxDOT numbers offer compelling reasons to drive sober during spring...

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Before getting a few well-deserved off days for spring break, several local high schoolers were putting in work as the Angelina County Drug-Free All-Stars...

TEXAS VIEW: Texas voters, beware of pro-secession candidates

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Saturday was Texas Independence Day. It’s a day that marks our state’s independence from Mexico in 1836 and the beginning of the Republic of...

TEXAS VIEW: Who should Texans blame for school cuts, lack of teacher pay raises?

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It’s time for a pop quiz. If Texas teachers are underpaid and schools have to lay off personnel while the state sits on a budget...

TEXAS VIEW: Despite ERCOT problems, connecting state to national power grid not a good...

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The deadly February 2021 statewide freeze exposed great inadequacies and mismanagement in Texas’ energy network. Since then little progress is evident in addressing the...

TEXAS VIEW: Ivan Cantu is scheduled to be executed today, and that’s wrong

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Death row inmate Ivan Cantu is scheduled to be executed by the state of Texas today. Yet, once again, there’s considerable doubt about whether the...

TEXAS VIEW: Lakewood Church shooting is yet another reason to pass red flag laws

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Three days after a 7-year-old boy was shot in the head at Houston’s Lakewood Church, his grandmother reported that surgeons had removed parts of...

TEXAS VIEW: Republican schism on display again with Dade Phelan censure

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The Texas GOP’s war against itself continued this month when its executive committee voted overwhelmingly to censure Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan “for lack...

TEXAS VIEW: State rejection of millions in summer food assistance could leave children hungry

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Texas is one of 15 states across the country that have declined to accept federal funding that could have helped replace the meals children...

TEXAS VIEW: West Texas communities cross the line with abortion travel bans

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A year and a half ago, when the U.S. Supreme Court took away the constitutional right of women to receive an abortion, this state’s...