After two special sessions ended without lawmakers agreeing on how to regulate the state’s THC market, Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order restricting the use of products infused with the psychoactive cannabis compound to adults age 21 and older, The Dallas Morning News reported. The order go...

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, sometimes, matters of life and death. Access to information through public meetings and records helps us know about the decisions elected officials are makin...

Central Texas Food Bank to study challenges here in rural Texas Gillespie County is awash in rattlesnakes and alligators, metaphorically speaking. It’s both a food desert and a swamp but one wouldn’t know it from the U.S. Department of Agriculture statistics. A food desert is an area where residents...

Lawmakers shouldn’t profit from insider info to boost portfolio W hen Mr. Smith goes to Washington, it shouldn’t mean an automatic boost into the high...

New poll finds pessimism on the rise among Republicans, Democrats The following editorial is from the Dallas Morning News. Many long generations of Am...

Mow, mow, mow your lawn Once or twice a week; Water, water, fertilizer Repeat, repeat, repeat. Ron Stotz Fredericksburg I would like to express my gra...