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 pushin... Read more

Ed Sterling wrote this column for almost three decades, so let’s open by celebrating his contributions to the Texas Press Association and its members. Ed was the calm, steady voice keeping u... Read more

COVID-19 turned aggressive to the point last week that the Department of Defense activated U.S. Army and U.S. Navy medical task force teams and assigned them to Texas at Gov. Greg Abbott’s r... Read more

Gov. Greg Ab­bott has again suspended elec­tive surgeries in hospitals in 104 counties located within 11 of the state’s 22 trauma service areas. Each of the trauma service areas has a region... Read more

AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Ab­bott on July 2 issued an execu­tive order to slow the spread of the deadly coronavirus while keeping Texas as open as pos­sible for business. With few exceptions, the o... Read more

AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Ab­bott pledged to institute po­lice reforms when he met with the Houston family of George Floyd, who was handcuffed and killed by police in front of a Minneapolis conveni... Read more

Like most Americans, I have always consid­ered the United States an exceptional country. We pos­sess a political system built on checks and balances, an ideal of giving voice to ordinary peo... Read more

I was sickened to watch this horrific act that resulted in the death of George Floyd in Min­neapolis on May 25th, 2020. I can’t reconcile in my mind of why this officer seemingly didn’t have... Read more

For most Americans, today’s lockdowns and social distancing requirements are new. For my family, they’re what we do ev­ery flu season. That’s because our son, Hunter, has a rare con­dition k... Read more