Texas Capitol will be a battleground for gun legislation
Saturday, May. 04, 2013
Editorial: Lawmakers are wrangling over a stampede of legislation directed at protecting Texans’ Second Amendment rights while corralling an over-reaching federal government.
Medicaid fight pits hospital against hospital
Thursday, May. 02, 2013
Representatives of Tarrant County’s two largest hospitals are expected to meet with Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst today to discuss a funding problem that pits them against each other — or unites them in seeking state help to draw down more federal Medicaid dollars.
Only one place to start a fast train to Houston
Wednesday, May. 01, 2013
You and a companion could drive the more than 200 miles from the Dallas-Fort Worth area to Houston and argue the entire trip about whether a high-speed rail line should be built between those two huge metro areas.
Texas shouldn’t keep spending on unneeded prisons
Monday, Apr. 29, 2013
Hard choices, but funding for facilities in Mineral Wells and Dallas and near Abilene shouldn’t survive
Early voting starts today in May 11 Tarrant elections
Sunday, Apr. 28, 2013
Early voting starts today for city, school district and Tarrant Regional Water District elections across Tarrant County. The last day of early voting will be May 7. Election Day is May 11.
