State Board of Education holding a hearing today in Austin on the teaching of evolution. In these troubled economic times, don't our state legislators deserve to spend $140,000 on chandeliers and expensive granite countertops for their members-only lounge? Progress Coffee is selling food for donations tomorrow (from 6:30am-7pm); all proceeds will go to Bread for the World and Capital Area Food Bank. Family security lanes now in use at ABIA. Federal officials holding a hearing on the South Texas border fence. Seven Katy varsity cheerleaders indicted for hazing charges. Will Smith and Tony Romo stopped by a pep rally at Lake Highlands High School yesterday....

In the last week there have been not one but two arrests at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport for attempts to pass through security with a weapon. Though Texans sure love their handguns, the Transportation Safety Administration isn’t having it....