Killing the seawall parking program would saddle taxpayers with a substantial new annual expense.
Many readers may not know it, but each year The Daily News awards thousands of dollars to high school seniors as they head off to college or other career development avenues.
Something remarkable happened Tuesday evening inside the walls of the historic Showboat Pavilion in Texas City.
The devil, as they say, is in the details. Senate Bill 891 by Sen. Joan Huffman on court administration is what they call an omnibus bill, that is a catch-all involving prosecutors’ offices and court administration policies.
Congratulations are in order for the Texas City-La Marque Chamber of Commerce for being awarded the 4-star accreditation by the United States Chamber of Commerce. The recognition is one only a small percentage of chambers of commerce earn.
Sunshine Week is an annual media campaign that highlights the need — and right — to know what our elected officials are doing and how our tax dollars are being spent.
Everyday Texans will find themselves on the short end of the stick if legislation filed by a Plano-based state representative becomes law.
Mardi Gras Galveston gets underway Friday evening with events including the Funky Uptown Umbrella Brigade Parade and the George P. Mitchell Mardi Gras Award Honoree Parade.
In April every year, we honor people in our community who go out of their way to make a difference in the lives of their neighbors.
It always has been rare to find anything political that everybody should be able to get behind. It might be near impossible these days.
The message of the First Amendment to our Constitution is clear: The people of this country have a basic right to know what their elected officials are doing, and how their tax dollars are being spent.
In April every year, we honor people in our community who go out of their way to make a difference in the lives of their neighbors.
Residents of Texas City and those living elsewhere around Galveston Bay should plan to attend a meeting set for Thursday about plans to build a liquefied natural gas export terminal on more than 900 acres of land in Texas City.
In April every year, we honor people in our community who go out of their way to make a difference in the lives of their neighbors.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers should be commended for agreeing to extend the official comment period on its proposal to build a storm-surge barrier along the Texas coast.
In April every year, we honor people in our community who go out of their way to make a difference in the lives of their neighbors.
Dr. William Merrell’s series of commentaries appearing in The Daily News is essential reading for anyone living along the Upper Gulf Coast — particularly those on Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula, where a proposed Army Corps of Engineers plan to build a storm-surge barrier threatens to…
Opposition to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ preferred plan for a storm-surge barrier along this part of the Texas Coast is large and diverse.
Editor’s note: Below is the text of a letter The Daily News submitted to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers about its Tentatively Selected Plan for a coastal storm barrier. The letter was submitted as part of the corps’ official public comment period, which is scheduled to end Jan. 9.
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