TEXAS VIEW: Stop to help people injured in wrecks
We all have seen wrecks but how many of us have stopped to help or call 911.
Being responsible residents when you witness a wreck...
TEXAS VIEW: Gov. Abbott, stop hiding behind bureaucrats
In the fall, clarity. At Christmastime, bureaucracy and cowardice.
Two months ago, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles unanimously recommended that Gov. Greg Abbott...
TEXAS VIEW: Cruz is right on Russia, but wrong for holding up diplomats
Sen. Ted Cruz might have gotten part of what he wanted from the U.S. Senate on a planned Russian pipeline to Germany. But in...
TEXAS VIEW: Advisory board made right call not banning books
The Dec. 15 decision by the Victoria Public Library advisory board not to ban 21 books decried by a group of residents was the...
TEXAS VIEW: City taking steps to safeguard our most precious natural resource
As the second most populous state in the country, Texas has a large and continually growing demand for water. The state’s population growth creates...
TEXAS VIEW: Vaccination remains key as yet another COVID variant sweeps in
McLennan County public health officials reported last week that the omicron variant of variant of SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, was first detected...
TEXAS VIEW: Will Texas school superintendents quit in droves in 2022?
Public school superintendents feel pressure from many sides. It comes from politicians, parents, teachers and sometimes even students.
As stewards of the education of thousands...
TEXAS VIEW: Newsom takes aim at Texas abortion law, by copying it
Texas state Sen. Bryan Hughes, R-Mineola, may or may not know much about the Lone Star State’s vigilante heritage. Given his East Texas roots,...
TEXAS VIEW: After AG opinion, Reno waiting game restarts
Shirley Temple once said that time is money, and wasted time means wasted money means trouble.
Last weekend marked nearly three months since a power...
TEXAS VIEW: Texas election audit undermines democracy
In the days after Gov. Greg Abbott ordered a “forensic audit” of the November 2020 elections, the elections administrators of the four targeted counties...