Brenham

Infighting in the Pro-Life Movement Killed a Bill to Reform End-of-Life Care

A bill aimed to reform end-of-life care in Texas is likely to die in the state House. Although the bill made it through the Texas Senate, Representative Lois Kolkhorst, a Brenham Republican, told the Austin American-Statesman that it won't get a vote due to splits among House Republicans. Currently ... More >>

Tennell Atkins' Opponent In City Council Race Accuses Him of Destroying Her Campaign Signs

Subrina Brenham, the businesswoman challenging Tennell Atkins in the District 8 City Council race, was driving along Lancaster Road this morning when she noticed something odd: One of her campaign signs, the large rectangular variety you see plastered on the sides of buildings and fences, had been c ... More >>

After Chest-Thumping Over International Election Observers, Greg Abbott Admits Texas Sovereignty In No Danger

In an exercise in states' rights fetishization, the Texas Legislature tasked Attorney General Greg Abbott with figuring out whether international organizations are usurping Lone Star sovereignty. If you'll recall, there was an ugly scene leading up to the 2012 presidential election, wherein Abbott, ... More >>

Colleen O'Hare and Jeana Johnson Cook Farm-to-Table Dinner Tomorrow in Dodd City

Tomorrow Jeana Johnson and Colleen O'Hare of Acme F&B and Good 2 Go Taco are partnering with "Outstanding in the Field" to host a dinner at Sloans Creek Farm in Dodd City. See also: - Interview with Jeana Johnson and Colleen O'Hare Outstanding in the Field is a group dedicated to reconnecting "di ... More >>

The Texas Legislature Now Has a Farm-to-Table Caucus to Advocate for Local Food

State Representative Eddie Rodriguez (D-Austin) recently founded a new state caucus aimed at enhancing, protecting and serving the needs of the Texas local food movement. Called the Farm-to-Table Caucus, it's reportedly the nation's first caucus designed specifically to support the local food moveme ... More >>

Texas Cottage Food Law Catches a Break

I love bakers. Not because they smell like brown sugar and cinnamon. Or even because they make superhero birthday cakes. Nope. I love bakers because they're scrappy. Back in June, the state enacted the Cottage Food Law, allowing home bakers to sell their goods under a few guidelines. Within that l ... More >>

Texas' Cottage Food Law Passed, But That Won't Stop the State from Changing It

During the last state legislative session, the Cottage Food Law was passed, clearing the way for home bakers to sell certain goods from their home. Guidelines were established, including limiting annual gross sales to less than $50,000, requiring in-person transactions and limiting sales to non-pote ... More >>

Texas Spice, the Hotel Restaurant That Shouldn't Be But Is

What good is local if local isn't good?

Abacus, the Mansion and Other Old Standbys on Forbes' List of Four-Star Dallas Restaurants

FlickrThe four-start kitchen at Stephan Pyles.​In its continuing effort to transition from a respected financial magazine to a full-time generator of mostly half-assed lists, Forbes released yet another list today, this time of America's four- and five-star restaurants, hotels and spas. The F ... More >>

What 19-century Texans Ate for Independence Day

Celebrate Texas Independence Day by eating a native dish -- like tacos, say, or enchiladas.​The first observances of Texas Independence Day were relatively sedate affairs: The semi-centennial in 1886 was marked by readings of the Declaration and a sprucing-up of Sam Houston's grave. In Brenham ... More >>

Get Crankin'

Hash Over: Six Dallas Restaurants Earn Four-Star Forbes Rating, The Place At Perry's Opens For Happy Hour And More

​Forbes Travel Guide, formerly the Mobil Travel Guide, has named six Dallas restaurants to its four-star and five-star hospitality ratings for restaurants and hotels. According to the comprehensive rating system, which uses more than 750 standardized criteria (which is approximately 748 criteria m ... More >>

The Caretaker

One mother's crusade to better the life of her mentally retarded son and the system that failed him

Birth Defects

Critics blame poisons from the tie plant for severe birth defects

American Toxic

The railroad tie plant that gave birth to tiny Somerville may now be killing the town, residents claim

Scoops of Summer

Blue Bell blows out 100 candles

The Range's Morning Man Dies Suddenly

The Way We Were |Served Cold |Takes a Thief |Rained Out |U.S.A.! U.S.A.!

Good as Cash

The unlikely story of the greatest Texas athlete you've never heard of

For God and Country

For a South Oak Cliff church considered a model for mixing faith and government, the line between church and state is thin indeeda

Prisoners of Love

The InnerChange Freedom Initiative says it can rehabilitate Texas prison inmates through God--a conservative evangelical Christian God, to be more precise

Mommy's little angel

Marshall Ball can't talk. So he listens to God. Everyone else listens to Marshall.