Given all the political drama that has saturated the nation the last few years, it should hardly come as a revelation the heated rhetoric dominating the public discourse has alarmed many Americans. A Gallup poll released in December revealed a majority of voters of the nation’s two major political p...

A spate of new laws took effect on Jan. 1, The Dallas Morning News reported. Here’s a brief summary of the most notable new laws now in force: • County sheriff ’s offices are now required to cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after the passage of Senate Bill 8. Local jail staff ...

Texas Type I’m writing this dispatch from the Fredericksburg Standard’s New York office (a Double Tree Hotel lounge near La Guardia Airport). We took some time to get our oldest son, Esten Andres, moved to Brooklyn for a work internship that will complete his degree in communications and film this s...

Anyone who has a tuba player in their life should pick up a copy of “The Perfect Tuba” by Sam Quinones. I picked this book up because of my son, Will,...

We have our challenges but are fortunate to have a relatively healthy economy There’s a lot to look forward to in 2026. We personally won’t be sad to ...

The world is watching as Australia experiments with a first-of-its-kind social media ban. The measure took effect earlier this month and is designed t...