D o you rely on your local newspaper to keep up with how your tax dollars are being spent? If so, tell your congressman you don’t want a new tariff to put the paper out of business. A new study reveals that communities that lose their newspapers see an alarming increase in the cost of local governme...

Interest in an already crowded race for the open 21st Congressional District seat continues to grow after a former San Marcos city official and a current Hays County based state representative announced their candidacy last week. On Friday, State Rep. Jason Isaac (R-Dripping Springs) announced he wi...

State Representative Jason Isaac today announced his candidacy for U.S. Congressional District 21. “During my four terms in the Texas Legislature, I’ve had the honor and privilege of participating firsthand in helping make Texas the freest state in the nation — and it’s time to take those values and...

After 30 years in office, U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith (R-San Antonio) announced last week he will not seek re-election after his Congressional term ends in 2018, according to a letter written to constituents. Smith serves as the representative of the U.S. 21st Congressional District, which includes parts ...

Congressman Lamar Smith, Chair of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, has long been a denier of climate change and mankind’s involvement in accelerating the warming of the climate. C ongressman, you don’t believe in climate change? Two words for you: Harvey Irma

f all politics is local, as Tip O’Neil famously said, then this year local politics is also national – or maybe international. That was driven home again last week when President Trump announced he will pull the United States from the Paris climate accord, saying he was elected to represent Pittsbur...

t’s hard to know what to make of Congressman Lamar Smith, one of three U.S. congressmen who split parts of Hays County. By all accounts the congressman has worked well with the Hays County Commissioners Court. A staunch conservative, an outspoken critic of President Obama, he no doubt represents the...

The majority and some of the deepest discussions and debates on Climate Change take place in Congressman Lamar Smith’s Space, Science and Technology Committee. Critics say this forum gives too much time to those in denial, too much time to experts funded by entities benefiting financially from busin...

s it turns out, one of the doors into the international conversation about global warming opens through Hays County. That’s because the chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Science, Space and Technology is U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith, a San Antonio native whose district includes big parts of Hays Count...

Submitted report   Congressman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) recently met with the 2015 military academy appointees from the 21st Congressional District. The students, who were initially selected by a third-party panel of judges, were accepted into the academies after being nominated by Congressman Smith. T...