Residents need and want transparency in their government, because local government affects their lives in many ways. In order for governments to be tr...

Our local community is suffering directly because of global warming – and it’s going to get worse. Soon. A new report released last week by leading cl...

By Julie Tomascik T-shirts aren’t one-size-fits-all, so why should Texas agriculture be that way? The Lone Star State is uniquely different from the o...

PEC board member Jim Powers has just resigned, apparently because of conflicts of interest that he failed to manage, and the episode raises troubling ...

(Publisher’s Note: This editorial was written by Carlos Rodriguez at the Brownsville Herald. However, its relevance to all local governmental entities...

Do you really know what your five freedoms are? Do you really know the First Amendment? Adopted by the Texas Press Association and other media groups ...

Young voters who have known nothing but the divisiveness of the U.S. political system are ready to “take back Congress.” They say they can make the ch...

Legendary Texas congressman Sam Rayburn used to say, “Any jackass can kick a barn down. It takes a carpenter to build one.” One of the current Texas m...

by Jim Camp, former BSEACD president Thank local citizens for “preserving the environment we all share” for new SH 45 SW. The Central Texas Regional M...

by Lon Shell, Hays County Commissioner, Pct. 3 Public safety and the criminal justice system account for the majority of your tax dollars spent by Hay...