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Community-Based Foster Care Nearly a Decade Later: How Texas is Responding to Ongoing Challenges
Texas’ foster care system remains strained as the state undergoes the years-long process of transitioning to a new model, but providers continue to work for children in need. × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings. See the original
Patrick, Burrows State Texas Camps Can Meet ‘Spirit of the Law’ on New Internet Requirements for Summer 2026
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows indicated that they support Texas camps receiving licenses to operate this summer even if they don’t meet the letter of the law on new fiber-optic internet requirements, following a lawsuit and pushback from several camps over the demand. Following the flooding disaster in Central Texas
New Legal Challenge to Texas Law Criminalizing Illegal Immigration Rebuked by Lt. Gov. Patrick
Just weeks after a federal appeals court lifted an injunction blocking a Texas law that allows local law enforcement to enforce immigration law, a coalition of civil rights groups filed a new legal challenge that drew a rebuke from Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who said he wrote the legislation himself. Approved by lawmakers in 2023,
Illegal Alien Arrested in Texas and Indicted for Raping Man in New York Previously Entered U.S. Four Times
The Houston branch of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lodged an immigration detainer on an illegal alien held the in Fort Bend County Jail, who has since been extradited back to New York State and indicted for rape and assault. The Honduran illegal alien, Jose Ignacio Bonilla-Garcia, was arrested in Rosenberg as he was
U.S.-Mexico Water Treaty Oversight Group Created in 2026 Federal Farm Bill
The U.S. House announced the passage of the 2026 U.S. Farm Bill last week, and it has implications for the 1944 U.S.-Mexico Water Treaty, under which Mexico currently owes water to the U.S. The Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 — House Resolution 7567 — advanced out of the U.S. House Committee on
First Look: Manticore Arms Ripley Rail
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Ken Paxton, Mayes Middleton Lead John Cornyn, Chip Roy in New Republican Primary Runoff Poll
A new poll from the University of Houston (UH) indicates that in the heated Republican primary runoff election for U.S. Senate, incumbent U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) continues to trail Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, while state Sen. Mayes Middleton (R-Galveston) holds a nine-point lead over U.S. Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX-21) as the two vie
Prosecutors Had a Drugs-for-Votes Scheme “Locked Up.” Under Trump, They Were Told Not to Pursue Charges.
Illustration by Stefano Summo for ProPublica To the narcotics agents investigating drug smuggling in Puerto Rico prisons, it seemed at first like a typical scheme: associates of an inmate gang sneaking drugs into the prison, gang members distributing them inside and bank records showing the money flowing. Then the agents discovered something unusual. Leaders of
Texas Supreme Court Restores Delta-8 THC Regulation, State Hemp Product Ban Remains Blocked
The Texas Supreme Court reversed a lower court’s injunction regarding the legality of hemp-derived delta-8 THC, stating that the order “transgresses the separation of powers.” The Supreme Court ruled that the state is permitted to treat manufactured delta-8 hemp products as Schedule I controlled substances, which overturned an injunction previously secured by the hemp company
ProPublica and The Connecticut Mirror Win Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting
Photo illustration by ProPublica, photo by Tonje Thielesen for ProPublica, illustration by Anuj Shrestha for ProPublica, Peter DiCampo/ProPublica ProPublica and Local Reporting Network partner The Connecticut Mirror won the Pulitzer Prize for local reporting for what judges described as “an impressive series exposing how the state’s unique towing laws favored unscrupulous companies that overcharged residents,
Lawmakers Demand Answers About Growing Number of Unfixed Mistakes on Credit Reports
Sen. Elizabeth Warren and three other senators sent letters grilling the nation’s major credit bureaus after a ProPublica investigation. Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images Four U.S. senators sent letters grilling the nation’s major credit bureaus on Thursday after a ProPublica investigation showed two of the bureaus were fixing fewer consumers’ credit reports. The letters came
Fort Worth Residents Approve $645 Million Bond Package, Mayor and City Council Salary Increases
Fort Worth residents voted on May 2 to approve a $645 million bond package, over half of which will go to streets and mobility infrastructure. They also approved increases that double the salaries for the Fort Worth mayor and city council. The mayor will now receive a salary of $60,000, up from $29,000, while council
