DeVore: California's state and local taxes consume 11.4 percent of state income. The like figure in Texas is 7.5 percent. But, does all that government spending benefit the population? Apparently not.
Running Dry: South Texas’ Water Crisis
Farmers slowly dig up their losses and face the unsettling reality that their parched dams, once a reliable water supply for irrigation, will not be replenished. These hardworking, multi-generational Texas farmers are no strangers to the ebbs and flows of the seasons. But when a crop that the Rio Grande Valley has depended on for...