Uncle Mort on Keeping Up…

The late Will Rogers claimed that all he knew, he read in the newspapers. My aged Uncle Mort—whose routine includes puttering down the lane to the general store most days—still is an avid reader. However, he is not one claiming to read from “kivver to kivver,” like his parents before him.

PASTOR’S CORNER

This topic is for everyone. It does not matter what the culture is, whether we are poor or rich, race does not matter. What challenges am I speaking about ? We have lived a past life, present, and a future. We cannot do anything about the past but, we can learn from it.

State Capital HIGHLIGHTS

State Capital Senate passes tax bill as second special session begins The Texas Senate on the first day of the Legislature’s second special session unanimously passed a tax bill last Wednesday that increases the homestead exemption and includes a pay hike for teachers, the Austin...

Texas Senate Review

SENATE ADDS TEACHER PAY INCREASETO PROPERTYTAX PLAN FOR SECOND SPECIAL SESSION After the House and Senate failed to come to an agreement in the first called special session, Governor Greg Abbott called lawmakers back for an immediate session Wednesday to find a way to deliver billions in property...

A Life of Service…

Dr. Russell H. Dilday, Jr.—for 16 years president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth—died recently in Dallas, leaving a legacy that deserves more superlatives than space allows.

Where Mats Don’t Welcome…

Before football coaches have gone any distance in the minefieldladen careers they’ve chosen, they learn that the welcome mat— so warmly extended before their first game—often is jerked away before there’s time to leave a footprint.

State Capita HIGHLIGHTS

State Capital Abbott vetoes bills; feud with Patrick grows Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick claimed last week that Gov. Greg Abbott is sabotaging the Senate’s work because of their ongoing feud over which approach to property tax reform is best, The Dallas Morning News reported.

A Pledge Not Kept…

When I began writing weekly more than two decades ago, I informed readers that they could expect occasional recipes worthy of clipping, putting under magnets on refrigerator doors or placing toward the front of recipe boxes. I have failed.

State Capital HIGHLIGHTS

State Capital Central figure in Paxton case charged The Austin real estate developer who is at the heart of Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment was arraigned on eight federal charges Friday, the Austin American-Statesman reported. Nate Paul was arrested by the FBI on Thursday.

Abbott, Patrick spar over tax relief

Gov. Greg Abbott late last week warned lawmakers to be prepared for several special sessions to pass a tax reform bill that he will accept, as well as a school voucher plan that failed to pass during the regular session. Abbott and Lt. Gov.