Region Briefs

NATIONAL EPISCOPAL HEAD Bishop to meet at St. James Church Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold, nationwide head of the Episcopal Church, will hold services today at 11:30 a.m. at…

Coalition Proposes Simpler Tax System

WASHINGTON -- The bewildering federal income tax system should be replaced with something simpler and far less burdensome, a coalition of interest groups and two senior House Republicans said Thursday.

New Air Rules Already Help City

Stringent new environmental restrictions on Houston are already paying off for Corpus Christi. On Wednesday, the day that the state approved the restrictions, H.E. Butt Grocery Co. scheduled an…

Federal Income Tax Overhaul Mulled

The bewildering federal income tax system should be replaced with something simpler and far less burdensome, a coalition of interest groups and two senior House Republicans said Thursday. Like previous…

Viewpoints

Trolleys a first-order folly The Metropolitan Transit Authority's plan of laying "streetcar tracks" down the middle of Main Street is a folly of the first order. Tracks are…

Robbins the First to Enter Open Race

JUPITER - A 30-year-old Highwood Circle man has announced plans to run for the seat Tom McCarthy plans to leave when his term expires in the spring. "I believe…

Poll: Environment Worries Texans

Fewer than one in five Texans think their local environment has gotten better over the last 10 years - and one-third think it has gotten worse, according to a Scripps…