TEXAS VIEW: Texas schools are hurting financially
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,...
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
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
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...
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
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
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
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...
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...
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...