TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION Voucher bill passes Senate, arrives in House A bill to implement school vouchers in Texas sailed through the Senate largely on party lines last week and now awaits consideration in the House, the Austin American- Statesman reported. House Speaker Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, sa...

There is something to be said for doing a good deed just because it needs to be done. A good deed can consist of helping someone cross the street, holding a door open, picking up the trash at the park, or maybe on your street, giving a blanket to somebody who needs one, or any of a million other opp...

It is a simple idea. We can’t change the world, but we can change our part of it. We started the effort last Tuesday, and by Friday morning we already had blankets donated and money donated to buy new ones. It is exciting to see the community come together. If you have questions, ideas, or would sim...

$1 billion for vouchers, $5 billion for teachers? Legislative budget writers are proposing nearly $5 billion to increase teacher pay and $1 billion to...

I rounded the corner, peering out the car window. A flicker of movement caught my eye—a figure darting up from the thicket with a quick, deliberate mo...

In my humble opinion, I believe every person who has ever walked on this earth has faced at least one giant in their life. I’m not talking about huge ...