Hill Country News

The Texas flag flies over the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas, Wednesday, May 22, 2019.

Guest Editorial: Texas book ban plan must be shelved

Teenagers seem more interested these days in being on social media apps than reading classic novels.But on those rare occasions that a 14-year-old may actually want to pull, say, "Lonesome Dove," off … more

3/29/23

United Stated Department of Labor building in Washington, D.C.

Guest Editorial: Big name-brand companies benefit illegally from migrant child labor

The Biden administration says it will crack down on the use of migrant child labor at U.S. plants and factories serving some of the nation’s biggest brand names. Think well-known consumer brands … more

3/8/23

In this photo from 2022, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks during a Collin County GOP Election Night Watch Party at Haggard Party Barn in Plano.

Guest Editorial: Lawmakers must ask, why should taxpayers bail AG Ken Paxton out on this screw-up?

It sometimes seems that there is no check on Attorney General Ken Paxton’s malfeasance and ineptitude.So, we were heartened to see House Speaker Dade Phelan declare that Paxton would have to … more

3/1/23

Ginger Forest reads “Going Places” during story time with drag queens during brunch at a restaurant in the Chicago area last year.

Guest Editorial: Drag queen debate is ignorant of history and a proxy fight with kids as pawns

Improbably, drag queens have become the latest glittery flashpoint in our ongoing culture wars with a fresh wave of legislative proposals designed to limit the freedom of these performers to do what … more

2/9/23

Fox News host Tucker Carlson in a 2021 file photo.

Editorial: We need a functioning democracy. Teaching media literacy can help

While the internet has increased access to information and has often been a force for good, it has also contributed to making many people misinformed, uninformed and even radicalized.That’s why it … more

1/25/23

Republicans threaten to tank the U.S. economy to extract spending cuts. (Dreamstime/TNS)

Editorial: Once again, Republicans are threatening to tank the economy to get their way

Like the hockey-masked villain in some cheesy horror flick, the GOP’s debt ceiling caucus just keeps coming back. Once again, the party’s more radical members are threatening to hold … more

1/20/23

People walk past stores in the 500 block of North Michigan Avenue in Chicago on Nov. 25, 2022.

Guest Editorial: Holiday sales show consumers feeling stressed, losing confidence

On the surface, the holiday retail season is off to a great start. Almost 200 million U.S. shoppers turned out in person and online from Thanksgiving Day to Cyber Monday, and holiday retail sales are … more

By The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune | 12/16/22

More employers are moving away from the requirement that applicants have a four-year college degree, according to new reporting.

Guest Editorial: Fewer jobs require a college degree, and that’s a good thing

The U.S. job market is humming, with more than 10.7 million openings across the country and more than 1 million right here in Texas.That’s good news. But what might be even better long-term news is … more

By Dallas Morning News Editorial Board | 12/14/22

The operations center for Bois d'Arc Lake on Oct. 6, 2022, in Fannin County. The lake, which is northeast of Bonham, is over 16,000 acres and began filling with water in April 2021. It is Texas' first new major reservoir in nearly three decades.

Guest Editorial: Texas can’t ignore extreme weather in planning future water supply

Just this past summer, broken water lines triggered a 13-day boil water notice in Laredo and a major water outage in Odessa, and Zapata almost ran out of water after reservoirs reached dangerously … more

11/11/22

An employee bundles stacks of freshly printed newspapers at the Columbian newspaper on April 18, 2018, in Vancouver, Washington.

Guest Editorial: Time is running out for Congress to save local news

Local journalism is a cornerstone of democracy and a vital source of information for communities across the country, with newsrooms covering local politics, high school sports, local business … more

11/10/22

Texas gubernatorial candidate Beto O&apos;Rourke campaigns in Frisco, Texas, as part of his 49-day tour on Aug. 13, 2022.

Guest Editorial: Texas Democrats can’t admit there is a border crisis

Yes, there is a border crisis.And, yes, a big part of Democrats’ struggle in Texas is their unwillingness or inability to accept that reality and to offer support for clear enforcement … more

8/25/22

Former president Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida.

Editorial: Trump’s antics made us so numb, we learned to ignore almost anything. But not this time

This is different.We’ve become so numb, so accustomed to the sliding scale of right and wrong practiced by Donald Trump that it can be hard to see where the line is anymore.But the news coming out … more

Guest Editorial | 8/17/22

The newly formed Forward Party hopes to be a harbor for disaffected moderate voters. (Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)

Editorial: Can the Forward Party be a landing ground for disaffected moderates?

It’s a truism of American politics that public frustration with the two-party system periodically erupts into a call for another option. Usually that frustration arises from factions that … more

Dallas Morning News Editorial Board (TNS) | 8/5/22

A protester holds a hanger that says "Never Again" as abortion rights demonstrators gather in front of the Supreme Court of the United States on Tuesday, May 3, 2022, in Washington, D.C.

Editorial: Lawmakers inflict heartbreak and harm with lax understanding of pregnancy

The nightmarish experience of an expectant mother in Texas underscores why lawmakers, in their zeal to protect the unborn at all costs, should have no business telling doctors how to do their jobs. … more

Guest Editorial | 8/4/22

Matthew Pottinger, left, and Sarah Matthews are sworn in to testify before the U.S. House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol during the committee&apos;s hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Thursday, July, 21, 2022.

Editorial: Secret Service must come clean on missing texts

A time-honored Washington axiom holds that one should never attribute to scandal what could be explained by garden-variety incompetence. In the case of the Secret Service’s mysteriously missing … more

Guest Editorial | 7/28/22

Vistra Corp. is Texas' largest electricity generator. (Lola Gomez/The Dallas Morning News/TNS)

Editorial: Texas is the king of energy states. Why can’t we be sure the power will stay on?

Ah, the rituals of a Texas summer: A run through the sprinklers. A hot grill and a cold beer. A trip to Dairy Queen. Add to that cranking up the thermostat, frantically shutting off electronics … more

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram Editorial Board, Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TNS) | 5/18/22

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Capitol Hill on May 4, 2022, in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images/TNS)

Editorial: The frustration with the new US disinformation board? Too little information

The most troubling problem with the Biden administration’s new Disinformation Governance Board is how little information the government has released about it. The Department of Homeland … more

Chicago Tribune Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune (TNS) | 5/11/22

People gather at Dallas City Hall to protest Melissa Lucio's scheduled execution on Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Dallas. Lucio is the first Hispanic woman to be sentenced to death, charged with the murder of her 2-year-old daughter Mariah. Her execution was stayed last week. (Juan Figueroa/The Dallas Morning News/TNS)

Editorial: The perverse logic of capital punishment

Singapore’s execution last Wednesday of a mentally disabled Malaysian man for drug smuggling sparked international protests and outrage. Executing a man who no longer threatens his government … more

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Editorial Board, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (TNS) | 5/3/22

Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin (D-IL) speaks at a news conference with Senate Democratic Leadership at the Capitol Building on August 3, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/TNS)

Editorial: How for-profit colleges stay a step ahead of the law

The Future Tech Career Institute on South Michigan Avenue in Chicago stands accused of cheating students out of a promised education, which, unfortunately, is nothing new at for-profit … more

The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune (TNS) | 4/17/22

A person makes her way on the USC campus in Los Angeles on May 17, 2018. The building in the background is the Barbara and Roger Rossier School of Education. (Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Editorial: College rankings are misleading. So why do we still use them?

Many high school seniors have been opening emails over the past weeks that tell them whether they got into the colleges of their choice. Even as they do so, the criticisms of published college … more

The Times Editorial Board, Los Angeles Times (TNS) | 4/12/22

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