TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION STATE CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS The office will launch in 2026 with a $10-million, two-year operating budget. “We in Texas will now have our own DOGE, known as the Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office,” Abbott said. “This law will slash regulations, put stricter standards on new regul...

Sitting in my favorite wine room, watching a steady stream of cars, trucks and pink buses go by on Main Street, got me to wondering about times long ago when the first automobiles created havoc in the neighborhood. Not that life in horse and buggy days didn’t have distractions. Horses were messy. Th...

Cat-astrophe Sadly, I heard that Pepper the library cat has been removed. Library cats are beloved. Books have been written about them. Of course, the practical reason libraries want resident cats is to deal with the mice population. Mice love to chew on books. It is a shame that a complaint by one ...

State’s ‘anything goes’ business climate leads to situations like Harper Just like the Gillespie County Commissioners Court, we do not want the BESS l...

Our local Fredericksburg Farmer’s Market season is underway, and buyers can do a favor for their health and support local growers in the process. Fred...

TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION STATE CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton made it official last week, announcing he will challenge U.S. Sen. ...