TEXAS VIEW: Texas DPS needs to rein in high-speed chases through border towns

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An alarming increase in the number of deadly high-speed chases by Texas law enforcement since the beginning of Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star...

TEXAS VIEW: Abbott, let the Lege go home! Special sessions on vouchers are un-Texan

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GO HOME! That would be the advice, we’re guessing, that the ghosts of Texas lawmakers past would impart to their present-day counterparts. Sequestered for a...

TEXAS VIEW: High-speed rail: Should Dallas to Fort Worth be Texas’ first route?

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As congestion and accidents plague our roadways, innovative transportation solutions are key to sustaining our region’s rapid growth. Though it seems utopian in Texas,...

TEXAS VIEW: Fracking earthquakes are a devil’s bargain Texas doesn’t need

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As if our state didn’t already have enough disasters — floods, fires, tornadoes, explosions — we’ve added a new kind to the list. At...

TEXAS VIEW: Texas’ border security bill doubles down on costly failure

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Show-me-your-papers legislation is back in style for Republican lawmakers. But it’s 2023, not 2010. And this time it is Texas at the forefront of...

TEXAS VIEW: Texas A&M’s obscene $78 million coach buyout is sports obsession run amok

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Even in Texas, there must be a limit to how much we’ll invest in sports. Surely one of our flagship universities paying someone nearly...

TEXAS VIEW: Established science, not ideology, belongs in Texas classrooms

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The State Board of Education recently debated how Texas students will learn about hot-button issues including climate change and evolution. Predictably, the review devolved...

TEXAS VIEW: Shaky Texas grid can’t handle anymore energy-guzzling crypto miners

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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

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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?

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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...