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