COMMENTARY: Addressing mental health issues key to safer campuses
BY JELENA TODIC AND CATHERINE CUBBINSJust weeks after the one-year anniversary of Haruka Weiser’s death, The University of Texas at Austin is now mourning...
COMMENTARY: Trump’s travel ban: It’s the principle, not the president
BY JONATHAN HAFETZPresident Donald Trump’s effort to bar travel to the United States by citizens of several Muslim-majority nations continues to face stiff resistance...
LETTERS: Support private schools and SB4 backed
Support private schools in TexasThe Texas House Public Education Committee recently heard testimony on HB 1335, a bill introduced by state Rep. Ron Simmons,...
EDITORIAL: Congratulations to all voted in for service in the RGV
The spring 2017 elections are in the books (almost) and so we congratulate the winners, as well as everyone who campaigned, and the voters...
LETTERS: On Texas’ voter ID law, Trump’s vacations, self-driving cars and kindness
Voter ID law supportedRecently there have been several rulings by judges that Texas’ voter ID law was disenfranchising some voters. In the summer of...
LETTERS: On immigrants
Supporting immigrantsIn response to a recent letter by Guadalupe E. Aguirre of Edinburg, who claimed that all undocumented immigrants are criminals, I point out...
COMMENTARY: How anti-sanctuary cities bill will harm Texas
BY LIZ WOLFEEDITOR'S NOTE: This column ran on Sunday, May 7 before Gov. Greg Abbott signed the measure into law that evening.The controversial anti-sanctuary...
COMMENTARY: Maneuvering through Port Isabel immigration courts
BY DEBBIE NATHANI visited a judicial proceeding in South Texas last month. Map-wise, it was in America. Courtroom-wise, it could have been in a...
COMMENTARY: ‘Double Irish’ tax schemes could incrase with Trump’s tax plan
BY DR. SETH H. GIERTZAmong developed nations, the United States stands out with the highest corporate tax rate. President Donald Trump plans to change...
COMMENTARY: $70B in TXDOT projects by 2027
BY TRYON LEWISThe Texas Transportation Commission recently approved an update of the Texas Department of Transportation’s $70 billion Unified Transportation Program (UTP). The UTP...
