Viewers this week sound off about congressional scholarships, reducing retirement benefits, free housing vouchers, an elderly cancer patient who was robbed and beaten and a local pastor who called Islam evil.
Dallas-Fort Worth residents heeding ozone alerts, study finds
The state's system of forecasting high-ozone days is apparently helping people take their own precautions such as staying indoors. Fewer with asthma show up at emergency rooms or are admitted to hospitals.Links: |
Late summer offers recipe for smog
It's been oh so hot the past month, and that usually means more smog as the strong summer sunlight cooks pollutants in the atmosphere to make ozone.
North Texas residents heeding ozone alerts, study finds
Elaborate government rules, flashing highway signs that urge carpooling, and even police raids on shops accused of selling phony inspection stickers are all part of the war on unbreathable air in North Texas.
Austin rally protests proposed state cuts in community-based health care
AUSTIN - Proposed cuts in community-based care for the elderly, the disabled and the mentally ill would increase wait times for services and eventually impose higher costs on the state and many counties, protesters warned Wednesday.