Kate Grosmaire and her husband, Andy, had just returned home from a Palm Sunday service in 2010 when they got the news their 19-year-old daughter Ann had suffered a gunshot wound to the head. Ann had spent the day with her longtime boyfriend Conor. When the sheriff showed up at their door, Kate aske...

TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION Voucher bill passes Senate, arrives in House A bill to implement school vouchers in Texas sailed through the Senate largely on party lines last week and now awaits consideration in the House, the Austin American- Statesman reported. House Speaker Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, sa...

There is something to be said for doing a good deed just because it needs to be done. A good deed can consist of helping someone cross the street, holding a door open, picking up the trash at the park, or maybe on your street, giving a blanket to somebody who needs one, or any of a million other opp...

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has released his top 25 legislative priorities as the legislative session gets underway, The Texas Tribune reported. They include...

$1 billion for vouchers, $5 billion for teachers? Legislative budget writers are proposing nearly $5 billion to increase teacher pay and $1 billion to...

I rounded the corner, peering out the car window. A flicker of movement caught my eye—a figure darting up from the thicket with a quick, deliberate mo...