C oming off a brutally hot summer in which Texas set 10 unofficial state records for electricity demand and issued nearly a dozen requests for energy conservation, it would be reasonable to be worried about the grid’s resiliency for the foreseeable future. When ERCOT, the state’s grid manager, annou...

EDITORIAL A vote for Proposition 1 will keep food supplies healthy and safe When it comes to questions about land use, farming or ranching, would you ask an actual producer or would you ask someone from the city suburbs — a Texan resident who might think food “comes from the grocery store”? We think...

Guest column When I read a news piece about the passing of longtime California senator Dianne Feinstein a few weeks ago, some of the comments left at the bottom of the online article made me sad. Feinstein suffered a very public health decline before she passed. Anyone with the slightest sense of em...

I had a chance to attend the National Newspaper Association Convention in Washington, D.C. last weekend. It was the first time I had been to the natio...

We recognize the need to help poorer school districts, but the Texas Legislature’s method of recapture seems without rails or publicly known rules. To...

With trust in government waning, a Texas law can help keep a closer watch on public officials. Even citizens who continue to have faith in government ...