TEXAS VIEW: Miller is not blowing smoke on marijuana
What has happened? Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller is the voice of reason in the state government… again?
In April, he criticized Gov. Greg Abbott’s...
TEXAS VIEW: Is this awful summer heat the new normal?
This is already a sweltering summer, even for Texas. Based on the long-term projections of climate change’s effects, we’ll see more like it. It’s...
TEXAS VIEW: Uvalde report downplays the obvious: It’s the guns
A damning state legislative report released Sunday, July 17, describes pervasive failures to prevent or effectively respond to the Uvalde school massacre, but it...
TEXAS VIEW: Texas must stop punting mental health care to the county jails
Industries all over are mired in staffing shortages. But the problems in the state’s network of psychiatric hospitals are particularly distressing, with significant repercussions...
TEXAS VIEW: Arguing over a pregnant woman in a Texas HOV lane isn’t constructive
As the Supreme Court has turned Roe back over to the states, a fallout has ensued: Some states have banned abortion; others have said...
TEXAS VIEW: Memo to all Texans: We must conserve energy
There aren’t many ways to say this: Texans have to do a better job of conserving energy, something we don’t always do well.
Whether it...
TEXAS VIEW: Texas has an education crisis brewing
The Texas Legislature is finally finishing its property tax cut package, and a third special session may be coming soon on the issue of...
TEXAS VIEW: Abbott eyes school voucher fight and we’ve got a bad case of...
Proponents of school voucher schemes have a number of reasons to cheer these days, from a Supreme Court ruling ensuring that they can be...
TEXAS VIEW: Deadly San Antonio crime scene refutes the open border lie
San Antonio police had barely finished counting dead bodies after the grisly discovery of dozens of migrants in the back of a scorching tractor-trailer...
TEXAS VIEW: Texas’ fentanyl problem is far worse than we know
An opioid crisis has engulfed the U.S. for over a decade. We’ve been in a federally declared public health crisis since 2017. But if...