Opinion

As a father of five, I know parents are the first educators and the most important voices in their children’s lives. Parents are committed to ensuring their children receive a quality education because they know it’s the key to a successful future. Whether they choose public school, private school, or homeschooling, parents deserve to be fully involved. It’s their right.

Every year, Texas loses nearly 250,000 acres of land to development. Rural working lands that make up the wide-open spaces definitive of the Texas character are evaporating at an alarming rate.

Texas’ rural health care system is in serious trouble. The numerous problems plaguing rural health are well-documented and have been described as a succession of bad situations that are getting worse. They demand the Legislature’s immediate attention.