A key House education committee adjourned last week without voting on a school voucher bill that is Gov. Greg Abbott’s top priority this session, the Houston Chronicle reported. Barring some unforeseen maneuver in the last week of the regular legislative session, the bill is effectively dead for now...

Texas Type Sometimes it’s good to get away, to paraphrase the Southwest Airlines slogan. Sometimes you “wanna,” and sometimes you “gotta.” German theologian Paul Tillich wrote, “Loneliness expresses the pain of being alone and solitude expresses the glory of being alone.” It was confirmation on my p...

Here is a sprinkling of bills that could make Texas less trusting, open and friendly After reviewing a couple of good bills that will hopefully pass out of the 88th Legislative Session at the Texas Capitol, we have quite a choice of bad ones to review before the last day on May 29. We hope lawmakers...

They say perfection is the enemy of great. And where affordable housing is concerned, we feel like local leaders are waiting for the perfect solution ...

My perspective on the world and myself has changed as I’ve aged. I once had that youthful vigor that said I would never become old and uncool like my ...

It was incredibly touching and emotional to witness Captain Stacy Kuhlmann of the Fredericksburg Fire EMS Department being brought back to town after ...