Based on recent articles, it appears much time and attention has been given to move toward hand counting ballots. This initiative appears to be driven by various conspiracy theories that fear counts can be manipulated by outside technology experts. It is my understanding that there has been no evide...

A 200-page report from the Department of Homeland Security faulted U.S. Border Patrol agents who rushed to the Uvalde school shooting in 2022, concluding they “failed to establish command and had inadequate training” in one of the deadliest classroom attacks, The Dallas Morning News reported. A lone...

Texas Type My recent column on the high cost of living for younger generations drew a good bit of reaction. Another issue that stems from this, as covered in a summer city-county meeting, is that it’s getting harder to recruit people to serve on volunteer fire departments. As I noted in an Aug. 14 e...

It took some time, but a set of new laws and rules passed by the Texas Legislature in 2023 went into effect on Sept. 1, the Houston Chronicle reported...

Folks with names like Schmidtzinksy, Sagebiel, Behrends, Weinheimer, and Jenschke who were at the TCEQ ArchRay public meeting on August 19 understand ...

Simple measures can help us conserve as population demand outstrips supply National Small Business Week is in May, but we need to continue to remember...