TEXAS VIEW: How overturning Roe impacts military recruiting, readiness
The secretary of defense shouldn’t have to worry about how changing state and federal laws can threaten or hurt service members.
Military leaders should be...
TEXAS VIEW: El Paso shooting victims’ families speak to Walmart gunman, and to us
Last week, family members of some of the 23 people killed and 22 people injured by a mass shooter at an El Paso Walmart...
TEXAS VIEW: Meddling DAs, targeting travel
Now that Texas and the nation have had some time to absorb the reality of the Supreme Court overturning Roe vs. Wade, lawmakers, activists...
TEXAS VIEW: STAAR shocker: How Texas students beat learning loss and overperformed
Texans got good news about schools last Friday. In many cases, students have already recovered learning lost during the pandemic. The lesson behind the...
TEXAS VIEW: Texas after Roe: Don’t go beyond abortion trigger law
We knew it was probably coming, but the Supreme Court’s ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade was nonetheless stunning and monumental.
The states now control...
TEXAS VIEW: It’s time to close the dead suspect loophole
In the aftermath of the deadliest school shooting in Texas history, families of the victims in Uvalde have pleaded with law enforcement for a...
TEXAS VIEW: Extreme Texas GOP platform leaves conservatives with nowhere to go
It’s time to move along, Republican Party of Texas.
Sadly, it appears the state GOP isn’t ready to do that, much to the detriment of...
TEXAS VIEW: Texas must protect its mountain lions and ban footholds
A group of landowners and biologists is lobbying the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to manage mountain lion populations in the state. We hope...
TEXAS VIEW: Botched police response in Uvalde is exactly why we need body cams
One really disturbing crime is sometimes all it takes to enact change at any level. The Uvalde shooting has done that, encouraging new federal...
TEXAS VIEW: Long live Fairfield Lake State Park! No apology needed
When the construction equipment arrived last week at Fairfield Lake State Park — an 1,800-acre jewel in Freestone County, 90 miles southeast of Dallas...