Charges have been dropped against 46 of the 57 people arrested at Wednesday’s pro-Palestine protest at UT-Austin. Those arrested were charged with criminal trespass after UT officials ordered the protesters to disperse. The 57 protesters…
The nation is experiencing an outbreak of H5N1 avian flu across the cattle herds of the country. Leaders like Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller say the danger is minimal. Some experts say otherwise, and there are factors that may…
UT-Austin faculty and other university members have criticized the response against Wednesday’s pro-Palestininan protest where armed state troopers arrested more than 50 people. According to The Texas Tribune, at least 57 people were…
Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan is in the fight of his political life thanks to a Trump-backed primary challenger. If he fails to win, Beaumont could also lose big. District 21 is not one of the state’s more famous political districts. It…
The Texas power grid will face unprecedented demand for electricity by 2030, thanks to a growing number of industrial energy users in the state. This could strain the grid, according to ERCOT CEO Pablo Vegas. According to the Houston…
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz may have to pay taxes related to payments from his iHeartMedia podcast to a super PAC supporting him, according to tax experts. The podcast has been in the public eye since it was found that iHeartmedia paid more than …
Texas has a prolonged history with alternatives to public education. In the past, the push toward vouchers was because of racial segregation, but this time, it is about money and Greg Abbott’s determination to do the bidding of those with…
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-San Antonio, ripped into his party’s right flank for voting against billions in foreign aid for U.S. allies last week, castigating his ultraconservative peers as “scumbags” and klansmen. “These…
In the film, Garland doesn’t explain why America is at war, the viewer only knows that the president of the United States at some point disbanded the FBI and ordered airstrikes against U.S. citizens. However, despite Garland’s attempt to…
A Travis County resident wishes to “hold rogue” District Attorney José Garza accountable for “official misconduct,” utilizing a 2023 Texas law designed to eradicate much of the discretionary power that locally elected prosecutors possess.…
To Gov. Greg Abbott, the results of his multibillion-dollar border security initiative are clear. In a recent television interview, Abbott highlighted a decrease in the number of migrants trying to enter the country through the Rio Grande…
Andy Byford, Amtrak’s Senior VP of High-Speed Rail Development, emphasized that Texas has the perfect conditions for the Dallas-to-Houston high-speed rail project. With increasing demand, Texas’ growing population and growing political…
Incumbent rural Republicans facing challengers funded by an out-of-state billionaire school voucher zealot are fighting back with attack ads ahead of the primary run-offs. Last year, Governor Greg Abbott made passing school vouchers a…
Republican Senator Ted Cruz has been granted an extension by the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to delay filing his required personal financial statement until August 14th, shifting from the mid-May deadline. The extension follows…
In a dramatic turn of events in the recent political debates of Houston, State Rep. Jarvis Johnson and emergency room nurse Molly Cook took center stage in a riveting conversation, as first reported by the Houston Chronicle. These two…
Three Texans landed themselves on Time Magazine’s list of 100 Most Influential People of 2024. Among those honored are Dallas entrepreneur and minority owner of the Dallas Mavericks, Mark Cuban, Texas Governor Greg Abbott, and quarterback…
Texas health officials are poised to drop the state’s three largest nonprofit children’s health plans from multibillion-dollar Medicaid and children’s health insurance contracts — threatening the future of plans run by legacy children’s…
Texans can count on Lt. Governor Dan Patrick to have their backs against factories that want to pollute their communities, provided those communities aren’t poor, minority-majority, or in an urban area, of course. Patrick made a personal…
Has the Russian government been messing around with Texas? According to experts from US cybersecurity firm Mandiant, they most likely have. On Wednesday they announced a hacking group with ties to the Russian government is suspected of…
Gov. Greg Abbott has launched a door-knocking campaign in a San Antonio suburb in an attempt to win more voters for his pro-voucher candidates in the upcoming runoff election. The San Antonio Express-News reported that GOP candidate Alan…
If you are caught vaping on school grounds in Texas you will be removed from class and sent to a disciplinary alternative school, according to a new state law. This is already happening to students in North Texas. According to discipline…
A federal judge has ordered the Texas Health and Human Services Commission to pay $100,000 a day in fines for failing to investigate allegations of abuse and neglect of foster children in state custody. U.S. District Judge Janis Graham…
The homicide rates in Texas cities have plummeted according to a new report from crime data analyst Jess Asher, published in The Wall Street Journal. In some cases, the rates dropped by more than half. The latest numbers are part of a…
Texas House Democrats are open to rescue the U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on a motion to vacate introduced by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) last month. Some Democrats have expressed that they would likely support the…
The Texas Education Agency will replace thousands of human scorers with new AI for the STAAR exams this week. According to a report by The Texas Tribune, the TEA expects the new AI to save about $15-20 million a year by reducing the number…