Washington likes big numbers because big numbers are difficult to feel. Congress can spend $100 billion here and $200 billion there, and after a while the numbers become background noise.
Republicans appear to have discovered that the surest sign of a healthy democracy is spending every election warning that democracy will end if they lose. The sirens are already sounding.
For years, Texas told some of the richest companies in the world to come on down. Bring your data centers. Bring your artificial intelligence. Bring your billion-dollar projects. Texas would
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is suddenly worried about Flock cameras. He should be. DeSantis, hardly a politician normally accused of being soft on law enforcement, says the public is “right
ICE Says DPS Gave Them the Tip. DPS Says It Didn’t. Somebody Has a Problem. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was not the man ICE was looking for. He was a 52-year-old
Greg Abbott has discovered that government surveillance might be a problem. The discovery came rather late. For three years, Texas helped finance a rapidly expanding network of artificial-intelligence cameras capable
Sometimes politicians have to spend millions of dollars trying to create an issue. Orlando Sanchez may not have to spend a dime. Houston City Council Member Julian Ramirez has proposed
Gina Hinojosa has a chance to become governor of Texas. That is something Democrats have not realistically been able to say very often during Greg Abbott’s time in office. But
Houston officials have good reason to be pleased that reported crime is falling. Mayor John Whitmire has repeatedly pointed to lower crime numbers as evidence that the city is moving
The Trump administration has spent years warning America about DEI. According to the sales pitch, diversity programs were putting unqualified people into important jobs while qualified people were being pushed
Donald Trump is building a ballroom at the White House. A big one, naturally. Donald Trump has never met a square foot he thought was doing enough. The country has
The following is from the Houston Chronicle: Houston Police Chief Noe Diaz and his executive chief were no-shows Tuesday at a long-planned city council hearing to discuss the agency’s cooperation with
Ladies and gentlemen of the Democratic Party, come on over. I have something I think you’ll like. No, it is not another consultant. You already own enough of those. I
Ladies and gentlemen of the Democratic Party, come on over. I have something I think you are going to like. No, it is not another consultant. You already own enough
Texas Democrats know how to talk about taxes when the subject is Republicans giving tax breaks to billionaires and corporations. They know how to complain about loopholes. They know how
A few months ago I wrote about Bright Saver, a nonprofit selling small plug-in solar systems designed for ordinary people. The idea is almost embarrassingly simple. You put a solar
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says Texans need tax relief. He says families are being squeezed by the cost of living, and he has made lowering taxes one of the centerpieces
Here’s what stands out this morning, Monday, August 24, with new polling folded into the news rather than separated from it. The biggest Texas development is that the national press
Houston has seen this movie before. A mayor knows someone. A city job appears. The salary is unusually high. The position was not handled like an ordinary city job. Reporters
Houston has embraced Flock Safety’s artificial-intelligence license-plate cameras as another tool for fighting crime. Police can search the system for vehicles associated with suspects, stolen cars, and criminal investigations. The
