Perspectives, analysis, and commentary from Texas voices -- lawmakers, policy experts, business leaders, and citizens.
By Sid Miller Living in Stephenville—the dairy capital of Texas—I’ve got a front-row seat to the heartbeat of our state’s dairy industry.
By Sid Miller As the Agriculture Commissioner of one of the country's largest farming and ranching states, I am excited that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has joined President Trump, lending his powerful voice to the MAGA movement.
By Harvey Hilderbran During an election year – especially a presidential one – people here in Texas and across the nation are paying closer attention to politics than usual.
By Michael Cargill It’s high time the Texas Legislature “re-open the hood” and get to work fixing state statutes governing the carrying of handguns.
By Bill King In the second half of the twentieth century, enrollment in U.S. public schools nearly doubled.
By Sid Miller Water is the lifeblood of Texas agriculture, and nowhere is that more critical than in the Rio Grande Valley.
By Lone Star Standard A pending proposal by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to expand the Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge from 6,440 acres tops much as 7 million acres has ignited a firestorm across Texas and New Mexico.
By Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller Our nation’s agriculture industry is under siege, and the alarm bells are ringing loud and clear in the Texas Panhandle.
By Bill Peacock Only a decade ago, Texas had the most competitive electricity market in the world, a market that produced reliable, affordable electricity.
By Andrew Vale You may not know it, but the printing industry constitutes a large portion of the US economy, especially the economy of Texas.