Douse the fire A heartfelt thank you to Penny McBride for her excellent guest column, “Put your gas can down” in last week’s paper. Two points stood out to me: 1. We all need kindness and grace in our daily interactions. 2. Algorithm-based narratives ensure that the articles we receive either throug...

In an operation being called “Lone Star 2.0,” more than 3,000 undocumented immigrants have been arrested by Texas Department of Public Safety officers this year, according to records obtained by The Texas Tribune. As illegal border crossings plunge, state police are shifting their energies toward ai...

Challenges to democracy all around as crackdowns persist on free expression When a regular citizen walks into a news organization and asks that a letter to the editor not be published due to fear of the heated political climate, there is something wrong. People are self-censoring right here in Texas...

After two special sessions ended without lawmakers agreeing on how to regulate the state’s THC market, Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order rest...

Guest column If you wonder how open government laws affect you, think about these basics: The local taxes we pay. The roads we drive on. Even, sometim...

Central Texas Food Bank to study challenges here in rural Texas Gillespie County is awash in rattlesnakes and alligators, metaphorically speaking. It’...