Supreme Court sends Voter ID case back to Fifth Circuit

Ed Sterling -Capital Highlights-   Texas’ voter identification law will remain in effect for now, but the U.S. Supreme Court has instructed a lower court to rule on its constitutionality before November’s election.

The only good snake

Renae Brumbaugh -- Coffee Talk --   Critters have become the theme of my life lately. And I don’t even like critters. I mean, I don’t dislike critters. But I never wanted to be a vet or a zookeeper or anything.

Trump Wuz Robbed

Rich Lowry -- Column --   Give Donald Trump credit for planning ahead. He is preparing to be a sore loser.

Tired of giving?

by Lynette Sowell  More and more, we hear about people needing a financial hand with something, for various reasons. Unemployment, cancer or other sickness, fire or flood, you name it. With the world ever-expanding via the digital world, you can find someone asking for a handout at every turn.

Abbott proclaims flooding disaster, adds more counties

by Ed Sterling Gov. Greg Abbott on April 18 declared a state of disaster for Austin, Bastrop, Colorado, Fort Bend, Grimes, Harris, Montgomery, Waller and Wharton counties.

SEC files charges naming Paxton in Servergy case

Ed Sterling -Capital Highlights-   Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is facing civil fraud charges filed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Hearing no

Lynette Sowell -My front porch-   For more than 15 years, longer than I’ve been a news writer, I’ve made my way through the fiction writing world. I’ve heard yes a number of times from publishers, editors and agents. But there’s always that “no” that comes down the pike.

Of mice and me

Last Friday, I nearly lost my life.   I was standing in the laundry room, removing wet clothes from the washing machine and putting them in the dryer when a predator made his presence known, and I screamed so loud I could have wakened the dead.