On the second day of early voting for their U.S. Senate Republican primary runoff, President Donald Trump endorsed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas ). In a Truth Social blog, Trump stated that” Ken is a real MAGA Warrior who has ALWAYS delivered for Texas, and will continue to do
In accordance with a settlement it reached with the U.S. Department of Justice ( DOJ) and the Texas Office of the Attorney General ( OAG ) over its staff’s use of medical” transition” procedures on children, even after child gender modification was prohibited in Texas, Texas Children’s Hospital (TCH) in Houston will start a” Detransition
Due to the quorum break from the previous year, the Texas Supreme Court upheld petitions to remove Democratic members from the Texas Legislature, including Texas House Democratic Caucus Chair Gene Wu (D-Houston ). House Democrats fled the position in August to obstruct the GOP-led legislative legislature. Despite attempts by the government and solicitor general, the
A 2-year-old British boy’s mother was awaiting imprisonment in February when volunteers accompany him to a reunion. Christopher Lee for ProPublica According to a report from the Washington, D.C.-based think tank Brookings, much more American children have likely been separated from their families during immigration washes than previously believed. Since President Donald Trump’s widespread imprisonment
A federal judge issued a new injunction just one time before a contentious Texas law on illegal immigration was set to go into effect, ruling that the majority of the law would never pass legal scrutiny before the U.S. Supreme Court. In his opposition to Texas Senate Bill ( SB ) 4’s passage in 2024,
As early voting for Paxton and Corny n’s primary runoff began, new polling indicates that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Republican U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX ) are in dead heats against Democratic U.S. Senate nominee state representative James Talarico (D-Austin ) in a general matchup. The Barbara Jordan Public Policy Research and Survey
In response to declining enrollment, several Texas public school districts have announced digital or hybrid institution options for the 2026–2027 college year. According to a statement from Texas 2036,” Texas had 76, 000 fewer public school students in the 2025-26 school time than it did the previous school time.” This is the first membership decline
Footprints of a young child in an Arizona postmortem report were obtained and redacted by ProPublica for protection. I just wrote about the rare but dangerous condition known as vitamin K deficiency bleeding in babies. I contacted more than 50 facilities and birth centers, contacted roughly 90 people records requests, and to record the story,
El Paso, Texas’s ( TPWD ) Franklin Mountains State Park has grown by 1,054 acres to the east thanks to a new land acquisition. ” I’m excited about this acquisition,” said superintendent Cesar Mendez,” which adds some lower elevation and flatter land to Franklin Mountains State Park and securing access points ( trailheads ).” The
A 12-foot alligator garfish made an amazing journey up the Trinity River, according to a popular social media image, is now popular online. I contacted the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s ( TPWD ) media branch directly to verify the claims. The agency’s media company consulted with Inland Fisheries personnel regarding the photo and the
Back in the day, my primary pig shooting in Southeast Texas involved a shotgun and red-filter lighting sitting on the edge of a industry. That arrangement actually worked, and it still does in a lot of ways. Over the years, we have watched paths and industry edges while waiting for pigs to leave after dark,
Before the close of the year, building on the Trinity River’s North Bypass Channel may be starting. The route is a component of the Central City Flood Control Project, which is frequently confused with the Panther Island restoration of a major city in Fort Worth along the Trinity River. × This section requires Browser. For