Category: State News

Across the state, local governments are seeking approval for nearly $8 billion of debt on several issues such as schools, jails, sidewalks, and affordable housing.

For years, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has studied how best to protect Houston from deadly hurricane storm surge. It will announce which one it thinks is best later this month.

Buc-ees’ distibutor, Junior’s Smokehouse Processing Plant located El Campo, Texas, is recalling approximately 690 pounds of ready-to-eat teriyaki beef jerky products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically pieces of hard metal.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, leading a coalition of 20 states, sued in February to end the law, arguing that after Congress gutted one of its key provisions, the entire statute must fall. California, leading a counter-coalition of 16 states and Washington D.C., argues that the entire law remains constitutional and should remain in place.

Hurricane Gordon is racing towards landfall later tonight. Forward speed has helped keep organization down and kept it at a category one. It’s projected to go into Mississippi/Louisiana and barely catch Texas. However, that still puts us on the “dirty side” and rain is probable. How hard? We’ll see.