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Elon Musk’s Texas space city sues Ken Paxton over release of public information
The new city of Starbase is suing Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over
his offices ruling that it must release public information requested
by a media outlet in the Rio Grande Valley.
In asuit filed in state district court in Cameron County,…
Smart cars are getting clever but drivers also need to learn
Federal auto safety regulators recentlyopened another investigation
into Teslas so-called full self-driving technology after reports that
dozens of cars either ran red lights or drove on the wrong side of the road
. Because these vehicles still require…
SpaceX booster explodes during ground testing in South Texas
A SpaceX rocket booster exploded during ground testing early Friday at the
companysStarbase complex in South Texas.
There were no injures in the mishap, which involved the first in the newest
generation of Starship lower stages.
Video of the eventshows a…
Texas redistricting defeat reveals the limits of political forecasting
If there were a pari-mutuel window in the federal courthouse in El Paso,
it’s likely the smart money would have been on the three-judge panel ruling
in favor of the state of Texas in the politically charged lawsuit over the
congressional redistricting plan…
The Supreme Court faces a test: Protect Texas voters or politicians
This weeks federal court ruling rejecting Texas redistricting
maps earned cheers from Democrats and jeers from Republicans and
places the U.S. Supreme Court precisely where it doesnt want to be:
At the crossroads of an effort to engineer the outcome of…
UT keeps quiet on Trump deal as negotiations continue
Even though a key deadline has passed, the University of Texas will not say
whether it plans tosign the Compact of Academic Excellence in Higher
Education, a deal extended bythe administration of President Donald
Trump.
In an email on Oct. 1, a member of…
Texas Democratic Party Chair belts out rendition of classic record
We have all been there: good vibes, drink in hand, and the prospect of
belting out one of your favorite songs during karaoke. That exact scenario
took place over the weekend for Texas Democratic Party Chairman Kendall
Scudder, whose passionate rendition of…
Crockett: Polling Says I Can Win Texas Senate Seat
Sunday on CNNs State of the Union,- Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-
TX) said her polling indicated she can win the Texas U.S. Senate seat in
the 2026 election.
Host Jake Tapper said, So you are, were told, weighing a decision
on whether to jump into this Texas…
As Rep. Jasmine Crockett ponders Senate bid, other candidates wait
The filing period for the March 3 primaries has been relatively calm, but a
storm is on the horizon.
U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crocket is considering running for the Senate seat held
by Republican John Cornyn. Her entry into the Democratic primary would
reshape…
Electrifying oil-rich West Texas could mean massive power lines in Hill Country
BURNET COUNTY Clare Nelson moved to the edge of the Hill Country in
January 2024 into what she describes as her forever home.-
Nelson and her husband picked out a lot on one of the largest rises in the
area and built a home angled westward to watch…
ShamWow guy is running for Congress in Texas to destroy wokeism
Informercial star Offer Vince Shlomi, best known as the ShamWow
guy- who hawked super absorbent towels on late-night television, is
running for Congress in Texas.
Shlomi, 61, is vying for the Republican primary nod against incumbent Rep.
John Carter, 84,…
Texas Christian University to close race, gender studies departments next year
Texas Christian University will close departments for comparative race and
ethnic studies and women and gender studies next year, consolidating the
programs into the English department.
University officials cited financial reasons and low numbers of…
U.S. Supreme Court blocks lower court ruling finding Texas congressional map was illegal
AUSTIN The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday night blocked a lower court
ruling that found Texas new congressional map was likely a racial
gerrymander, allowing the map to stay in effect for now.
The brief order by Justice Samuel Alito came after Texas…
‘Contrary to values’: US Rep. Escobar opposes border czar’s UTEP visit
U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar has condemned the announcement that U.S. Border
Czar Tom Homan will be speaking at the University of Texas at El Paso.
“As a loving, welcoming community, the invitation of Tom Homan is contrary
to the valuesmost El…
Candidates are gearing up for the March 2026 primary. Heres who is running
With election day just around the corner, heres a list of who voters
will see on the March 3, 2026 ballot for the Democratic and Republican
primaries.
The last day to register to vote is Feb. 2 and early voting runs from Feb.
17-Feb. 27.
Candidate filing…
Tarrant County Republicans elect new chair after opponents concede in runoff
Tim Davis is the newly elected chair of the Tarrant County Republican Party
after his opponents threw their support behind him in the runoff.
In the first round of voting, Davis earned the majority with 87 votes. John
OShea was second with 58 votes.…
‘Never-ending summer’: Is climate change driving Houston’s unseasonably warm fall weather?
As Houston rounds out its third month of unseasonably warm fall weather,
many residents have joined a chorus of complaints over the citys
never ending summer- and wonder whetherclimate change is to
blame.
Experts say carbon emissions trapped in the…
Faculty panel finds firing unjustified as Texas A&M union presses for instructors return
A Texas A&M University professors union is urging Interim President Tommy
Williams to reinstate English professor Melissa McCoul after a faculty
committee found that A&M didn’t have good causeto fire her after a
viral video circulated of her discussing…
From cartels to corporate fraud: How accurate is Landmans second season?
You think you understand how this business works, but you dont.
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Tommy Norris, the fast-and-foul-talking titular character of the second
season of Paramount+s Texas oilfield drama Landman, is back in all his
chain-smoking and heavy-sighing glory because…
Greg Abbott and Texas Republicans ramp up anti-Sharia rhetoric. Religion scholars call it a distortion.
When Gov. Greg Abbott branded the Council on American-Islamic Relations a
foreign terrorist organization, he claimed its executive director boasted
Muslims were ready to hold public office and advance Sharia law-
in the U.S.
The following day, he urged an…
Houston remembers Greta Toranzo, who died at Camp Mystic. Will our leaders?
Greta Toranzos birthday party had everything. It was a perfectly sunny
day, summers warmth lingering well into November. Children and parents
sprawled across the garden, blacktop and covered pavilion at Sinclair
Elementary, bopping from friendship-bracelet…
Jasmine Crockett takes aim at GOP while backing Christian Menefee at Houston town hall
U.S. Rep. JasmineCrockett, the Dallas Democrat,doubled down on
her endorsement of Christian Menefee for Houstons 18th Congressional
District at a packed town hall meeting the pair co-hosted
atMenefees home church on Saturday.
Crockett, who is considering…
Ken Paxton sues Texas housing agency over funding rules for religious groups
Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing Texas housing agency over rules
that block religious organizations from using federal and state dollars for
programs that serve homeless and low-income Texans if they pair faith-based
activities with them.
State…
Lawmakers helped break free speech on college campuses. Now they want to fix it?
We were hoping to hear a robust defense of free speech on campus at a
special hearing of the Texas Legislature on civil discourse in higher
education.
College campuses are a place for exploration and learning. That’s why this
editorial board…
The Boeing capsule that stranded two NASA astronauts will take its next flight without crew
Boeings Starliner spacecraft, which stranded two NASA astronauts on
the International Space Station, will take its next flight without crew.
NASA announced Monday that the Starliner-1 mission could launch in April to
validate spacecraft upgrades and…
Texas Association of Business leader sued; accused of sexual harassment
AUSTIN (Nexstar) Prominent lobbyist and President & CEO of the Texas
Association of Business (TAB) Glenn Hamer is being sued for over $10
million after being accused of coercion, sexual harassment, sexual assault
and retaliation by a unnamed business…
Williams: Democrats should offer better solutions in Lubbock, West Texas
Lubbock County is the poster child of the high cost of low standards when
it comes to governance, defined less by partisan division and more by
reckless financial disregard.
I am running for Democratic Chair not to radicalize our local politics, but
to…
Lawmakers question legality of Border Patrol license plate reader program
WASHINGTON (AP) A number of Democratic lawmakers are questioning the
legality of a U.S. Border Patrol predictive intelligence program that
singles out and detains drivers for suspicious travel inside the country.
Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts sent a…
Texas A&M committee rules professor’s firing over gender identity lesson was unjustified
A Texas A&M committee agreed that the university was wrong to fire a
professor earlier this year after a controversy over a classroom video that
showed a student objecting to a childrens literature lesson about
gender identity.
The internal committee…
The Auto Industry Was Warned: Battery Recycling Was Poisoning People
At Ford Motor Company headquarters near Detroit, Phillip Toyne, a shy
Australian lawyer, warned executives in 2005 that the lead inside car
batteries was poisoning people.
Lead is an essential, but toxic, element of car batteries. As demand rose,
the auto…
Wealthy People Have Always Shaped Universities. This Time Is Different.
The ultrawealthy have long lorded their money and might over university
presidents, pelting them with ideas and demands, promises and threats.
Now they have an ally in the White House.
President Trump embraced a billionaires strategy to try to…
Fact-checking claims about Border Patrols immigration crackdown in North Carolina
The Trump administrations deployment of Border Patrol agents in North
Carolinas largest cities prompted a range of claims about the
operation from all parts of the political spectrum.
Some of the claims about “Operation Charlottes Web” were…
How Florida compares with the US on the death penalty
Florida has executed more people in 2025 than in any single year since the
death penalty was reinstated in 1976. The state carried out its 17th
execution Nov. 20, with two more scheduled by the end of the year.
When asked about the increase, Republican…
No, NC jails arent refusing to turn inmates over to immigration officials
A top Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said North Carolina
officials are blocking access to more than a thousand people wanted by
federal immigration agents.
The department deployed Border Patrol agents in Raleigh and Charlotte to
apprehend…
Texas quietly tightens ID rules for car registrations after backlash over unauthorized immigrants
Hundreds of thousands of Texans without legal status can no longer register
or renew vehicle registrations after the state quietly tightened ID
requirements, a sudden policy shift that has left some county tax offices
and motorists bewildered.
The Texas…
This Texas firm is using AI to increase grid capacity up to 30%. Here’s how.
Texas already the nations largest energy consumer
is at the heart of a U.S. surge in demand driven by population growth,
industrial demand and an explosion in data center construction,
whichquadrupled around Austin and San Antonio between 2023 and…
A West Texas county wants to better prepare for floods. Paying for it will be tricky.
Ector County has boomed since the 1970s, when the drainage system was last updated. Officials hope state and federal funds will help pay for the update despite some grant programs ending under the Trump administration.
A slate of new Texas laws go into effect December and January. Here’s what to watch.
Laws include restricting transgender people’s access to public bathrooms, allowing lawsuits against abortion pill providers, and replacement of the STAAR test. 
Abbott, Republican lawmakers comments cited in court order overturning Texas congressional gerrymander
In mid-August, amid Texas high-profile redistricting fight, CNNs
Jake Tapper pressed Gov. Greg Abbott on why the state was suddenly
redrawing its congressional map.
You are doing this to give Trump and Republicans in the House of
Representatives five…
Faculty panel: Texas A&M wrongly fired professor after gender lesson
Texas A&M University did not have good cause to fire Melissa McCoul, an
English professor thrust into the spotlight after a video of her discussing
gender identity circulated online and drew political backlash, a faculty
committee unanimously found in a…
Gov. Greg Abbott, long a defender of states rights, embraces Trumps push to expand presidential power
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Just last year, Texas Gov.…
Head of Texas largest business organization accused of sexual assault in lawsuit
An unidentified woman accused Glenn Hamer, president and CEO of the Texas
Association of Business, of sexually harassing and assaulting her before
retaliating against her through his perch atop the powerful business group
when she rejected his overtures,…
In school voucher rules, Texas lets families get more for pre-K but rejects stronger accountability
The rules serve as the foundation for Texas’ private school voucher program, which will officially launch at the start of the 2026-27 school year.
Proposed data center project for Waco area would be paradigm-changer-
WACO Texas AI boom and the tide of data center companies chasing
it have arrived in the Waco area.
Lacy Lakeview, a suburban town five miles north of downtown Waco, and
McLennan County are negotiating the areas first large-scale data
center project,…
Speaker Johnson defends Crenshaw after he was reportedly banned from congressional overseas travel
WASHINGTON Speaker Mike Johnson is defending U.S. Rep. Dan
Crenshaw, R-Houston, in the wake of a report that his behavior on a
congressional delegation trip to Mexico in August was inappropriate.
The dispute stems from an incident in which Crenshaw, a…
Supreme Court temporarily restores Texas new congressional map
Texas is back to using its 2025 congressional map, at least temporarily,
after Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito granted the states request to
pause a court ruling that would have required using the lines legislators
drew in 2021.
The high court has not…
Texas AG Ken Paxton sues a second state agency over rules he says discriminate on religious grounds
Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the Texas Department of Housing and
Community Development, his second lawsuit in as many weeks that targets a
state agency for practices he says discriminate against religious groups.
Organizations that receive state…
Texas adds new ID restrictions on vehicle registrations and renewals
The restrictions, which went into effect on Nov. 18, could upend the ability of many undocumented residents to legally own vehicles.
Texas education chief met with Turning Point USA to discuss groups expansion in high schools
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath recently met with a top official
from Turning Point USA to discuss creating chapters of the conservative
youth organization in all of the states high schools, days before Lt.
Gov. Dan Patrick promised $1 million in…
Texas hoped $100 million would help more families pay for child care. Here’s why it didn’t.
Increased costs in food and payroll at child care centers effectively wiped out the one-time investment state lawmakers approved earlier this year, a new report found. 
Webb County judge disputes allegation that he violated federal law to dodge Texas resign-to-run rule
Ahead of his expected run for a Laredo-based congressional seat, Webb
County Judge Tano Tijerina is disputing allegations lodged in a federal
complaint that accuses the Republican county executive of violating federal
election law by trying to circumvent…
A West Texas county wants to better prepare for floods. Paying for it will be tricky.
Ector County has boomed since the 1970s, when the drainage system was last updated. Officials hope state and federal funds will help pay for the update despite some grant programs ending under the Trump administration.
A slate of new Texas laws go into effect December and January. Here’s what to watch.
Laws include restricting transgender people’s access to public bathrooms, allowing lawsuits against abortion pill providers, and replacement of the STAAR test.
In school voucher rules, Texas lets families get more for pre-K but rejects stronger accountability
The rules serve as the foundation for Texas’ private school voucher program, which will officially launch at the start of the 2026-27 school year.
Texas adds new ID restrictions on vehicle registrations and renewals
The restrictions, which went into effect on Nov. 18, could upend the ability of many undocumented residents to legally own vehicles.
Texas hoped $100 million would help more families pay for child care. Here’s why it didn’t.
Increased costs in food and payroll at child care centers effectively wiped out the one-time investment state lawmakers approved earlier this year, a new report found.