Opinions

03/04/2020 12:00 AM

City council has opportunity to help residents with Cite and Release Ordinance

Since 2007, Texas law enforcement agencies have been able to use a discretionary program known as “Cite and Release,” allowing officers to use their discretion to issue a citation, instead of arresting, for certain low-level, non-violent offenses.

03/01/2020 12:00 AM

Democrats can't lose focus on battleground states

After a commanding performance in Nevada last weekend, the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination sure does seem to be swinging Bernie Sanders‘ way.

03/01/2020 12:00 AM

Gov. Abbott gives the gift of hope by making it easier for trafficking victims to apply for clemency

02/26/2020 12:00 AM

Candidates peddle their papers

02/26/2020 12:00 AM

So, have you made your last will and testament?

I hope the document remains locked away unused for many years, but my brother and I finally got around to meeting with a lawyer and helping our mother make out her last will and testament.

02/23/2020 12:00 AM

Poor Mike Bloomberg

I never thought I’d feel sorry for a billionaire – a $60 billion billionaire.

02/23/2020 12:00 AM

Bringing chocolate, peanut butter, and Americans together

02/19/2020 12:00 AM

Sooner or later: Klobuchar will take the prize

02/19/2020 12:00 AM

New Hampshire Muddle: Sanders underwelms 'Yogi Berra' Democrats

Yogi Berra has a timely warning for the fractured Democratic party. The baseball legend and accidental oracle is reputed to have said, “It gets late early out here.”

02/16/2020 12:00 AM

Can we please have more 'middlebrow' citizens?

“Middlebrow.”

02/16/2020 12:00 AM

Rush Limbaugh’s medal of freedom award: What to know about nation’s highest civilian honor

02/12/2020 12:00 AM