TEXAS VIEW: Texas schools are hurting financially

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After four special legislative sessions pushing a failed school voucher plan, Gov. Greg Abbott is ignoring Texas students. Across the state, school districts, including...

TEXAS VIEW: Texas GOP runoff takeaways: Vouchers are coming. Maybe a bloodbath in Austin,...

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The final battle for control of the Texas Republican Party may be paused after mixed results in last Tuesday’s primary runoffs. But it’s coming. It’ll...

TEXAS VIEW: Abbott is to blame for lack of school funding

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The Texas public education funding system is complicated, inequitable and inadequate. It was surprising, then, for Gov. Greg Abbott, laser-focused on vouchers, to claim...

TEXAS VIEW: Texas made the wrong decision on toll roads

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The state of Texas has abdicated its responsibility to provide necessary transportation infrastructure in exchange for a vast web of toll roads controlled by...

TEXAS VIEW: Tarrant jail death video is revolting, but here’s how it can inspire...

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The overwhelming reaction to watching Tarrant County jailers brawl with Anthony Johnson Jr., to one subduing him with a knee, to Johnson’s cries that...

TEXAS VIEW: Small Texas town prudently says no to expanding state’s abortion ban

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Recently, the city council of Clarendon took a bold step – it said no to an extreme anti-abortion measure. The three-member council unanimously voted...

TEXAS VIEW: With pardon of murderer, Abbott shows all lives don’t matter to him

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After Gov. Greg Abbott sought to pardon Daniel Perry, who was convicted of murdering a Black Lives Matter protester, the most generous speculation framed...

TEXAS VIEW: Texas agency botched multibillion-dollar Medicaid bid

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In Texas, millions of low-income residents are dependent on Medicaid for their health care coverage. The care provided is crucial to Texans, especially children...

TEXAS VIEW: Stop teens from vaping? Yes. Pull them out of their classes over...

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No responsible person wants kids to smoke. And that includes vaping, which is just another way to bring toxic and addictive chemicals into the...

TEXAS VIEW: State laws shouldn’t be used to deny access to Medicaid and other...

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A new battle has erupted in the war between the states and the federal government. A Virginia-based federal court recently ruled against states invoking...