May 21, 2009 RSS feed / Opinion

Ford Hood, in a word: Impressive

As a newspaper brat and a newspaper editor, I've been flat spoiled. It's probably why I don't "do" crowds. More...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Let tourism help Why don't we use tourism dollars to help restore depleted funds in the Texas Catastrophic Windstorm Insurance pool? The legislature could declare the Intracoastal Waterway a "river," and then allow riverboat gambling. More...

Why would full-day pre-K be a problem?

The Texas Legislature has been struggling over various forms of pre-kindergarten programs for years. The current effort is led by Rep. Diane Patrick, R-Arlington, whose goal is to offer full-day pre-K statewide. More...

EDITORIAL

Texans should unite on windstorm insurance

This is an appeal to our inland readers to contact their state legislators and let them know any version of existing windstorm insurance bills, Senate Bill 14 or House Bill 4733, are bad news. The sooner, the better. More...

Two weeks to go in session

As the legislative session enters its second to last week, some important procedural deadlines have come to pass, while others will be reached in the coming days. More...













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