Austin families deserve more collaboration — and fewer surprises — from the local governments tapping their budgets, Bridget Grumet writes.

Austin should take time to craft a clear plan before committing $4.4M to a new homeless services site, the Statesman Editorial Board writes.

From cancel culture on the left to censorship on the right, free speech won’t survive without a bipartisan cease-fire, Jonathan Zimmerman writes.

Enough with the "gotcha" attacks like the recent firing of a Texas A&M instructor. Let professors teach. Let students learn, writes Pauline Turner Strong.

When Valentina Gomez torched the Quran, she wasn’t just attacking Muslims. She was attacking freedom itself. Texas must reject this politics of hate.

House Bill 25 makes ivermectin available without a prescription, but Texans are no closer to accessing the quality health care they deserve.

The 27 girls who died at Camp Mystic, including 19-year-old counselor Katherine Ferruzzo, were failed by flawed policies, inadequate safety procedures and a severe lack of planning, her parents...

Extrapolating from our study data, Texans spent a staggering $112 million last year to manage culturally divisive conflicts in schools — money that should go toward supporting students and...

Just think: If you did the popular, tangible things, the electoral victories would follow! Voters would want what you’re doing, because you’d be doing what voters want.

We are five weeks into a disaster. We are also five weeks closer to the next great flood.

“I didn’t think something like that could happen in this country."

When Republicans can’t win fairly, they cheat. When voters reject their agenda, they change the rules. If we let them succeed here, we’re inviting more of the same across the country.

Thousands of Texans turn to their members of Congress for help with veterans' benefits, Social Security checks and other apolitical issues. Reshuffling …

SAN ANTONIO — Carlos Morales Almario’s court hearing ended almost as soon as it started.  …

The Builders Movement has attracted big names like Karl Rove and Mark Cuban. It will issue a scorecard of Texas officeholders.

If lawmakers are serious about flooding, they must be serious about climate change.

MARBLE FALLS — The first breath of the bagpipes rose like smoke into still air. …

Known on the City Council as a policy wonk and academic, Spelman was instrumental in shaping Austin policing, and taught for more than three decades.

Texas voters deserve representatives who truly represent, and maps that align with their communities. What a shame some lawmakers will be working even harder to put those things out of reach.

Infrastructure related to flooding and other disasters must be treated as the top priority during the Texas Legislature’s special session that starts …

While we’re looking backward, the lesson may be right in front of us. We failed to think ahead. We failed to imagine the consequences of a budget …

DallasNews Corporation and Hearst have signed a definitive merger agreement, which has been unanimously approved by the boards of directors from both...

Gov. Greg Abbott’s framing — that pointing out problems is something “losers” do — is not just tone-deaf; it reflects a troubling refusal to take …

As bad as Abbott’s financial calculation is — who walks away from an opportunity to bring in $7.50 for every $1 spent? — his human calculus is even …

Here in Austin, many queer Jews are already asking themselves if they'll feel safe or truly welcome at our own Pride events in August.

Where e-bikes and e-scooters are allowed, Austin’s trails become almost as dangerous for walkers and bikers as a road would be.

About 10,000 babies are born in the U.S. every day. Investigating the parents' citizenship would require a sizable bureaucracy at taxpayer expense.

Federal lawmakers can't afford to wait until the next major airport disruption to act. Congress should approve funding to kickstart FAA hiring.

There is nothing beautiful about a bill that strips away health care coverage for millions of Americans while adding to the nation's debt.

Moderna said on Wednesday it has withdrawn an application seeking approval for its flu and COVID combination vaccine candidate after discussions with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

The Legislature thinks anyone providing abortion pills to Texas women needs to be disciplined. But the Legislature is woefully impotent on this issue.

Good teaching is brave and provocative. But with the “ombudsman” SB 37 creates to monitor compliance, who will dare engage with controversial ideas?

In addition to building higher, Austin should look to expand the UNO boundaries to offer expanded housing options in North Campus, too.

A patchwork of conflicting state-level banking rules will reduce consumer choice, raise fees and shrink the number of banks across state lines.

Austin ISD faces daunting challenges, including a $110 million deficit. It doesn't need Attorney General Ken Paxton's stunt over critical race theory.

These bills are part of a larger fight over who gets the bigger say: Families invested in their neighborhood, or developers looking to commoditize it.

We’d much rather be focused on studying our city charter updates or helping register new voters at community events. But these are not ordinary times.

We can all learn from model schools where students are thriving. We can also shine light on campuses where extracurricular opportunities are lacking.

Medicaid cuts would mean lost access to needed care and critical therapies, plus delayed diagnoses and significant harm to kids' long-term health.

Senate Bill 37, under consideration in the Texas Legislature, would change public universities so radically that they would no longer be first-class.

For Texas, every dollar spent on law school immigration clinics upholds due process values while also training the next generation of lawyers.

Austin’s future depends on restoring democratic decision-making. Important decisions belong to the people we elect, not a handful of property owners.

Democracy is something that we have to keep alive every single day. The play’s clear message is that it’s up to “we the people” to find the solutions.

Texans shouldn’t need a lawyer to know whether they can post a meme they made on social media or make a joke about a candidate.

These proposed cuts are not just numbers on a spreadsheet. They represent real people, real families and real suffering if left unaddressed.