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Sen. John Cornyn calls Texas AG Ken Paxton’s legal woes an ‘embarrassment’

U_S_ Sen_ John Cornyn has blasted Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s legal woes as an “embarrassment.”.

Experts say Texas is ready for latest COVID-19 uptick but advise caution

It’s still unclear what the increase in cases will mean for the state, but doctors and hospitals say Texas is better prepared to face a surge than before.

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A GOP power grab shatters 30 years of political progress for Black voters in Galveston County

Republicans dismantled the only Galveston County commissioners precinct in which voters of color held political clout. It’s a major blow for Black and Hispanic voters who had been building political momentum.

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UT-San Antonio reaches Texas Tier One status, allowing access to state funds for research

UT-San Antonio is the fifth public university in Texas to achieve Texas Tier One status.

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn calls Ken Paxton scandals an “embarrassment” when asked about attorney general runoff

Cornyn is the most prominent Texas Republican to criticize the attorney general’s rocky record ahead of the runoff election against George P. Bush.

Law to crack down on lobbyists ensnares two former Texas House members

The law says a former member of the Legislature cannot engage in activities that require them to register as a lobbyist if they have made a political contribution using campaign funds in the past two years.

Texas A&M board takes next step toward Fort Worth expansion

The board agreed to spend $85 million on a law and education building and another $85 million on a research and innovation center.

Texas Republicans Chip Roy and Louie Gohmert among few to vote against U.S. House bill to help poor mothers access formula

The bill, which passed in the House, would expand the formula brand choices available to mothers on a federal assistance program in an attempt to mitigate a disruptive baby formula shortage around the country.

Taylor County wildfire prompts evacuations as dry conditions raise risk in West Texas

Texas A&M Forest Service has responded to nine fires across the state this week, saying they “have the potential to exhaust state and local resources.”

The U.S. census estimates it missed more than a half-million Texans during 2020 count

Immigrants, people living in poverty and non-English speakers were among the most likely to be missed, yet the crucial count received lackluster promotion by Texas state government.

Republican Texas House races become high-dollar affairs as Tuesday’s primary runoff nears

The pricey fights illustrate how much of the action in Texas politics has shifted back to the primary after redistricting dramatically reduced the number of competitive seats.

Texas will resume grading public schools based on students’ STAAR test results

For the first time since the pandemic, Texas schools will again be rated based on standardized tests. But for one year only, schools that receive a D or F will get a “not rated” label.

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is the target of a bar association complaint over his role in undermining the 2020 election results

A group of lawyers says Cruz played an outsized role in the efforts to void the 2020 election results and accuses him of repeatedly making false claims about voter fraud.

Texas inmate who escaped bus got out of restraints, cage

Authorities say a Texas inmate who was serving a life sentence for murder when he escaped from a transport bus last week got out of his restraints and a cage before stabbing the driver.

Why Ken Paxton’s supporters in the Texas attorney general race are unbothered by his mounting scandals

Paxton’s backers say they’re looking past the FBI investigation into Paxton and his felony indictment because he’s a a strong conservative advocate fighting the Biden administration.

Her daughters are U.S. citizens. A federal health rule won’t let this Guatemalan mother enter the country with them.

After drug cartel members began demanding monthly payments, she took her daughters to the border to seek asylum. They’ve been waiting in a Juárez shelter for more than a year.

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Climate change is here. We want to document where its effects are being felt in Texas, how communities are adapting and what government officials should do to help.

Seven ways climate change is already hitting Texans

Extreme weather events, water scarcity, risks of illness: Climate change is here, and it’s already affecting Texans.

Underdog Jane Hope Hamilton angling for an upset against Jasmine Crockett in Dallas-area congressional primary

Crockett is running on her experience as a legislator, a civil rights attorney and as the incumbent’s hand-picked successor. Hamilton is running on her more than 20 years as a behind-the-scenes congressional staffer and campaign adviser.

Texas power grid leaders say they’re confident the lights will stay on this summer

Texas Public Utility Commission Chair Peter Lake and ERCOT President Brad Jones said the power grid is prepared for record-breaking summer electricity demand.

Death penalty sought in Texas for man who admitted killing 5

Prosecutors in Texas say they will seek the death penalty for a man who authorities have said confessed to killing five people, including three whose dismembered bodies were found in a burning dumpster last year.

With renewed attention on abortion, Democrats in attorney general runoff vow to defend reproductive rights

Rochelle Garza sued the Trump administration in 2017, seeking access to an abortion for an undocumented teenager. Joe Jaworski, a former Galveston mayor and a trial attorney for over three decades, presents himself as the more experienced candidate.

Texas’ grid operator told a power plant to delay repairs ahead of a May heat wave. It was among six that crashed.

Climate change and other factors are shortening the window when aging Texas power plants can make repairs to run at full strength in hot summer months.

US hate crime investigation opened in Dallas salon shooting

The girlfriend of a man arrested in a shooting in Dallas’ Koreatown that wounded three women of Asian descent in a hair salon told police that he has delusions that Asian Americans are trying to harm him.

Texas librarians face harassment as they navigate book bans

As communities and school districts push for book bans, some Texas librarians are nearing their breaking point.

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In rematch, Jessica Cisneros faces a weakened Henry Cuellar for South Texas congressional seat

An FBI raid on his home before the primary and a threat to Roe v. Wade. Henry Cuellar is heading into the primary runoff election more vulnerable than ever before.

West Texas rancher pours $2 million into Sarah Stogner’s underdog campaign for statewide oil and gas board seat

Ashley Watt, who owns a 75,000-acre ranch in the Permian Basin, is helping bankroll a substantial TV ad buy in the final two weeks before Stogner faces the Railroad Commission’s chair, Wayne Christian, in the runoff.

Looming end of federal pandemic emergency threatens to shake Texas’ Medicaid safety net, advocates say

The federal emergency declaration is expected to last through at least mid-October and has kept states from dropping people from Medicaid rolls.

Four days after audacious escape from prison bus, Texas still hasn’t found convicted murderer

Officials are still trying to piece together how Gonzalo Lopez managed to cut through a metal door and hijack a prison bus Thursday. An extensive manhunt continues in Leon County.

Personal information of 1.8 million Texans with Department of Insurance claims was exposed for years, audit says

The personal data was accessible to the public because of a glitch in the code of the department’s web application.

South Texas Democrats fight to shape their party’s future in primary runoffs

Democratic primary runoffs for two congressional districts and two legislative seats in South Texas highlight the candidates’ divergent visions for the party in a region the GOP is heavily targeting.

New Texas plan for federal Hurricane Harvey aid yields same old result: Funds diverted away from Gulf Coast

Despite an admonition from federal authorities, Land Commissioner George P. Bush’s plan still steers aid disproportionately to whiter, inland counties at less risk of natural disasters.

Buc-ee’s set to open 1st South Carolina location in Florence

A massive gas station and travel center spreading across the Southeast from Texas is opening its first location in South Carolina.

In Texas visit, Donald Trump rallies Republican voters to deliver a GOP wave in November midterms

The former president criticized Democrats, who control Congress and the White House, on a number of issues. He also praised Texas Republicans he’s endorsed in this month’s primary runoff.

$230M settlement reached over 2015 California oil spill

The owner of an oil pipeline that spewed thousands of barrels of crude oil onto Southern California beaches in 2015 has agreed to pay $230 million to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by fishermen and property owners.

TribCast: Grassroots conservatives in Texas are having a banner month

On this week’s episode, Matthew speaks with Karen and Brian about the energy among Texas conservatives around abortion and schools.

Baby formula shortage is making low-income mothers struggle to pay for a product usually covered by the state

The state’s poorest mothers are paying hundreds of dollars out of pocket when they find baby formula because they say they can’t risk waiting for the exact brand and size container covered by Texas’ Women, Infant and Children program.

Texas Supreme Court allows child abuse investigations into families of transgender teens to continue

The high court also raised questions about why the state opened these investigations in the first place, noting that the child welfare agency is not bound by directives from the governor.

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