Columnist John Moore likes the fall season the best. The temperature cools and the costumes come out. Photo: John Moore One of my most vivid memories of fall happened during junior high. I was standing in the end zone prior to the start of a football game. I could...
In a year of fighting a global pandemic, historic protests for racial equality, and the rapidly approaching presidential election, America needs journalists to bring them critical reporting. The events of this year have led to significant increases in traffic to news...
While scientists race to develop a COÂVID-19 vaccine, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is urgÂing everyone to get a flu shot. Texans need to do their part to keep moving forward the state’s recovery from the panÂdemic, the governor said. Last week, he also eased restrictions...
Even during a pandemic, it’s best to not mess with Texas. Texas Department of TransÂportation officials noticed more personal protective equipment -- face masks, wipes and gloves -- on the side of roads and highÂways, so they called in the big guns for a new round of...
Trees are almost as old as dirt in the conÂstruction industry, but they’re new to Texas in the form of the state’s first mass timber office building. The Texas project generatÂing the buzz is The Soto, which opened last week at Eighth and Broadway streets in San...
As thousands fled southeast Texas ahead of Hurricane Laura, Texas A&M promoted an Ike Dike as a critical way to protect the region from devasÂtating damage. Texas escaped a direct hit from Laura, which made landÂfall as a Category 4 storm in Cameron Parish,...
A Texan’s speeding ticket put her in the legal history books last week. To combat the backlog in criminal cases created by the pandemic, a Travis County justice of the peace conducted the nation’s first virtual criminal trial. The case was livestreamed on YouTube, and...
I’ve spent a long time in politics, and over those years one thing has reÂmained constant: There are a lot more Americans who critiÂcize government than there are who serve and do something about it. I’ll admit, there have been times when I’ve felt a bit reÂsentful....
The White House may soon issue an executive order that would require drug companies to manufacture certain essential medicines here in the United States. Lawmakers in both parties are pushing for more domestic manufacturing of drugs and medical products. Proponents of...
