Overseas aid We live in an age when all the factual information anyone could want is readily available. Unfortunately, so is dis-information. Such is the case with the wild allegations made about the use of funding by the U.S. Agency for International Development that has been closed down by this ad...

Texas House members filed a bevy of education bills last week, including a proposed $8 billion investment in public education and a voucher bill that ties the amount of money spent for private schooling to the dollar amount provided to public schools. The Austin American-Statesman reported the bill,...

Guest column There has been a lake full of ink used to wr it e/c ompla in about the Texas school system in this paper, from funding to vouchers. The majority agrees that education is essential to our way of life and our continued freedom. Our Texas Constitution guarantees a free public education, ho...

The Texas Lottery Commission and its former director are under scrutiny after they allegedly helped a single entity win a $95 million Lotto Texas Jack...

The Pedernales River is one of Texas’s most cherished waterways, an ecological, recreational and cultural treasure that defines the Hill Country. As s...

Commissioners’ desire to address older structures could better serve residents The Gillespie County Commissioners Court last week began the long proce...