E ven when voters backed the creation of the $1 billion Texas Water Fund after the last legislative session, water planners knew it would be insufficient — a drop in the bucket, so to speak. According to a Texas 2036 analysis, Texas will need to invest at least $154 billion over the next 50 years in...

Guest column Ican’t help but dream this time of the year. It’s the thick of winter, you see, which means I’m spending hours huddled in my home office getting a million tax details in order for my CPA. And I’m dreaming of tax simplification. President Trump has shared a bold vision to potentially rep...

What is efficiency? Last fall, we hired an arborist, a professional in cultivating and managing trees, to examine our old oak. It had some dead limbs from freeze damage and drought, and we wanted to ensure that it was healthy and not in danger of becoming unstable or top-heavy. The arborist came out...

He sailed into the room with an easy smile and a gleam in his eye. It had been 26 years since he last saw his grandfather’s famous hotel, remodeled no...

Overseas aid We live in an age when all the factual information anyone could want is readily available. Unfortunately, so is dis-information. Such is ...

Texas House members filed a bevy of education bills last week, including a proposed $8 billion investment in public education and a voucher bill that ...