Opinion

High-schoolers are graduating with poor reading skills. So the problem is when high-schoolers turn 18 they won’t know what they’re voting on.

Justin Murray, a professor at New York Law School, has expressed concerns about weak appellate review fostering misconduct in America’s trial courts.

Protecting American Consumers Together (PACT) has raised concerns over aggressive legal advertising by billboard lawyers in Texas, which it claims contributes to frivolous lawsuits, harms consumers, and increases costs.

There’s a reason that cities compete to host popular festivals, tournaments, and tours.

When Governor Greg Abbott launched the “Texas Advanced Nuclear Reactor Working Group” in 2023, some wrote it off as something that could never pass the legislature. But withHouse Bill 14,…

I’m watching with growing concern as sweeping AI regulations threaten to put tech startups like Blaze out of business while cutting off small businesses from tools that level the playing…

In moments of crisis, every second counts. Whether it’s locating a survivor in a burning building, monitoring an active shooter situation, or searching for a missing child, first responders rely…

The debate over the proposed $5.6 billion convention center project in Austin continues to stir controversy.

For a decade I have run a successful online business alongside my husband selling high-quality stainless-steel cookware. Today we face a damaging and antiquated online sales tax that will threaten…

In 2024, President Trump campaigned on a range of real, everyday issues that resonated with the American public — chaos at our southern border, grocery prices, frustration around inflation, and…

Though the COVID-19 outbreak first began more than four years ago, its effects linger on our everyday health and wellness.

A couple of months ago, I wrote a check for about $200 to my pool company for the monthly maintenance. It was a computer-generated check that I mailed in a…

Sometimes it’s just one of those days. Maybe your car won’t start when you’re already late to an important meeting or your toddler gets sick at the most inconvenient moment.…

As global energy demand continues to rise, the energy market is evolving and diversifying to meet the needs of consumers. New energy sources and technologies that produce energy with fewer…

In 2018, Austin real estate developer Nate Paul, a friend to Paxton, donated $25,000 to the Paxton campaign.

Lt. Governor Dan Patrick and Speaker Dade Phelan announced a breakthrough deal Monday on property tax legislation.

In 2014, the same Texas House that impeached state Attorney General Ken Paxton—our most popular politician—used the same playbook to try to remove me from my position as a regent…

In the wake of COVID-19, the way that healthcare providers and patients interact is evolving at a rapid pace.

A coalition of organizations and personalities is hosting a rally at the Capitol Saturday to implore state officials to take action on the Southern border. What’s notable is what is…

Riding the wave of an enormous $32.7 billion state budget surplus, Texas Governor Greg Abbott boldly declared that he would deliver the “largest property tax cut in Texas history.”

One sector that continues to drive manufacturing growth and investments here in the U.S. and in Texas is the automotive industry—an industry President Biden has pledged to bring back to…

We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, place much responsibility on our governing bodies.

Texas’ school M&O property tax, about 43% of the current $76.4 total property tax levy, can be eliminated in as little as six years without raising any existing taxes or…

Texas is the state of cowboys, rodeos, and cultural revolution, or at least it will be if advocates of “Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity” (DIE) have their way with UT Austin—the…