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PATRICK MARMION: After nearly three hours spent bearing witness to the Elton John musical about American TV evangelist and gay icon Tammy Faye Messner, I said a little prayer.
Research shows cattle handling affects animal performance
While the best-known, best-funded "voice" of farmers, the American Farm Bureau is far from the only one.
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Eminent domain — always a contentious issue in Texas — became a political flashpoint in recent years due to Kinder Morgan's 423-mile Permian Highway Pipeline that runs through the Texas Hill Country. Credit: The Texas Legislature approved a bill early Thursday that will revise eminent domain negotiations between landowners and companies — such as railroads, pipeline and utility companies — that are seeking to condemn land, requiring that landowners be given the terms of the contract up front, as well as more information about the eminent domain process. After six y...
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After failing last session, lawmakers finalized a bill — described as a “delicate compromise” — that provides new protections for landowners in negotiating with companies attempting to seize their land through eminent domain.