Governor conditions issuance of state grants on compliance with ICE

By Ed Sterling Gov. Greg Abbott says Texas sheriffs won’t receive grant funds from his Criminal Justice Division unless they comply with U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement notification and detention requests.   In a Nov.

Through a veteran’s eyes

By Lynette Sowell With Veterans Day being tomorrow, I thought I’d do something I haven’t done before, have a guest writer for my column. I’m not a veteran, but I am a daughter, niece, granddaughter, and cousin of veterans.

A pretty package

By Renae Brumbaugh In my bathroom drawer, I have about every type of cosmetic product you can imagine. There is lipstick, lip liner, eyeshadow, eyeliner, blush, mascara . . . even some sparkly, glittery stuff to give me that fairy-talish quality.

Hillary: It’s the Sexism, Stupid

By Rich Lowry It was inevitable that Bernie Sanders would be accused of sexism sooner or later. His day came at the signature Jefferson-Jackson dinner in Iowa.

Governor rails against Dallas sheriff’s detention policy

By Ed Sterling   Gov. Greg Abbott on Oct. 26 wrote to Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez, saying her “case-bycase immigrant detention plan will no longer be tolerated in Texas.

To choose or not to choose

By Lynette Sowell   Sometimes when my husband and I decide to go out to eat, it really doesn’t matter to me where we go. I’m just happy to be going out and happy to be with him. Sometimes I’ll say, “You pick a place.” I decide not to choose, which is still making a choice—to let him choose.

State says funding to Planned Parenthood will be cut

By Ed Sterling   The state Health and Human Services Commission notified Planned Parenthood affiliates in Texas on Oct. 19 that state funding they have been receiving through the Medicaid program would be cut.

Thinking big

By Lynette Sowell   You can’t just send a toy up into space...or can you? Most of us keep pretty busy with the usual stuff of life: work, family, kids, pets, household “stuff,” etc. We don’t wonder about things like that.