OPINION: Back to work: Quorum in Legislature met, action on voting bill can begin
Texas Democratic legislators’ walkout only postponed the inevitable. After leaving the state Capitol in May and breaking a quorum to stop passage of controversial bills...
OPINION: Recovery: Scouting could help youth rebound from COVID woes
Children are returning to school after nearly a year and a half cloistered at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Entertainment acts are starting...
LETTERS: Issue taken with article
A July 19 headline in The Herald reads: “Worsening pandemic worries U.S. official.” Underneath the headline is an Associated Press article written by Jay...
OPINION: Good job: Valley residents rank high for COVID-19 vaccinations
Bill Salter, a Rio Grande Valley editor way back when, used to remind colleagues that people are inspired to write most often out of...
COMMENTARY: Seeking border solutions
Federal, state and local agencies are moving methodically to address the current situation at the U.S.- Mexico border. Amid the high rate of apprehensions...
COMMENTARY: Pandemic breaks into Gov. Abbott’s special session agenda
With the intersection of a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases and the beginning of a new school year, the governor’s agenda for the new...
LETTERS: Oil industry booms, busts
For most of my working career I have been in the oil field industry. So I know a little bit about South Texas oil...
LETTERS: Abbott praised
Critics of our courageous Gov. Abbott are choking on ants and swallowing elephants regarding the ERCOT power grid failure during the historic Arctic freeze...
LETTERS: Repair or abolish public education
In response to the ongoing crisis of public education, we either need to completely revamp public education or do away with it. Most likely...
COMMENTARY: Wounded
By Jim N. Taylor, Special to the Star
I envy those who can express their great disappointment referring to the condition of their wounded or pained...
