Category Archives: State News
Gun-Control Activists Next Target? Turning Texas Blue
Fresh off their success in flipping the Virginia Legislature, gun-control activists are targeting the Lone Star State in the coming November election and planning an $8 million spending spree to back gun-control-supporting candidates.
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Presidential Candidates Turn Their Focus to Texas as Early Voting Begins
Early voting in Texas started Tuesday, ahead of the headline-grabbing election days in Nevada and South Carolina. As a result, the state is getting a lot of attention from the Democrats running for president.
Read moreMore Texas Renters Are Struggling To Find Affordable Housing, New Report Finds
Experts say that as more high-income Texans rent, prices on existing homes are driven up. Meanwhile, the number of expensive units in the state is increasing as more affordable homes disappear.
Read moreWhole Neighborhoods Destroyed In Houston Plant Explosion: Multiple Fatalities, 1 Still Missing
Houston was rocked by a large explosion in the early dark hours of Friday morning, which could be felt for miles across the city, when a manufacturing facility in the northwest erupted in a massive fireball.
Read moreBallot Box Found After Election Day Flipped A $569 Million School Bond In Midland
After much flip-flopping, a $569 million Midland ISD school bond election failed by 26 votes now that county workers have taken into account ballots found in a missing box located weeks after Election Day.
Read moreTrump Administration Sets Into Motion Return of Online 3D Gun Blueprints
The Trump administration set into motion the process that will allow 3D-printed gun blueprints — first introduced by a Texas man — back online after being blocked from the internet twice.
Read moreBrazos County Health District Investigating Possible Case Of Novel Coronavirus
The Brazos County Health District has announced they are investigating a possible case of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus. The patient traveled from Wuhan, China, where the coronavirus originated.
Read moreTexas Instruments To Close Two Dallas-Area Chip Factories Amid Slowdown
Texas Instruments announced Wednesday that it would close two chip plants in North Texas over the next three to five years, reported Dallas News.
Read moreChurch Shooting Footage Showed That 7 Congregants Were Armed [VIDEO]
A video of the church shooting that took place on Sunday showed that no less than 7 congregants were armed. Texas DPS Director Joeff Willimas stated “The citizens who were inside that church undoubtedly saved 242 other parishioners.”
Read moreTexas Church Shooting Stopped By Armed Churchgoers [VIDEO]
Two people are dead and one more person is critically injured after a shooter opened fire during Sunday morning service at a church near Fort Worth, Texas.
Read moreDoJ Blocks Construction Of ‘Private’ Texas Border Wall
The Justice Department has shut down an effort to build three miles of private border wall just north of the Rio Grande after the US Attorney’s Office for Texas’s southern district warned that the project could impact the border river and potentially violate a treaty with Mexico.
Read moreTexas A&M To Become Smoke-Free, Tobacco-Free On Jan. 1
Texas A&M University will become a smoke-free and tobacco-free campus effective Jan. 1, 2020, President Michael K. Young announced today. The initiative is in compliance with recommendations and requests from The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents.
Read morePrison Health Care Costs Are Higher Than Ever in Texas. Many Point to an Aging Prison Population.
Although there are fewer people in prison than there were a decade ago, costs have surged along with the share of inmates who are older — and sicker.
Read morePort Neches Chemical Plant Explosion Injures 3 [VIDEO]
Three employees were injured when an explosion at the TPC Group Plant in Port Neches rocked the area early Wednesday morning.
Read moreFeral Hogs Kill Woman In Chambers County [VIDEO]
A Texas woman was found dead after pre-dawn attack by a group of feral hogs outside a home, the Chambers County sheriff said.
Read moreTexas Voters Approve State Income Tax Ban, Most Other Constitutional Amendments
While voters were supporting most changes to the Texas Constitution, they were opposing a measure that would allow elected municipal judges to work in more than one jurisdiction.
Read moreTexas’ Constitutional Amendment Election is Tuesday. Here’s what voters will decide.
Texas voters are about to weigh in on 10 proposed amendments to the state constitution, which deal with everything from retiring law enforcement animals to the state’s tax code. Here are the 10 amendments on the ballot and what they mean.
Read moreMassive Rains Pound SE Texas, Flooding Causes Gov. Abbot to Declare State of Disaster [VIDEO]
Governor Greg Abbott declared a state of disaster in several counties, including Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Hardin, Harris, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Matagorda, Montgomery, Newton, Orange and San Jacinto after the remnants of Tropical Depression Imelda unleashed torrential rain Thursday in parts of Southeast Texas. The floods prompted hundreds of water rescues and road closures as the powerful storm system drew comparisons to Hurricane Harvey two years ago.
Read moreNew Law Makes It Easier For College Students To Avoid Taking Classes That Won’t Transfer
The bill mandates required reporting from colleges and universities about courses that don’t transfer, and aims to help students save time and money.
Read morePower Grid Chaos Jolts Texas On Friday, Energy Costs Triple Amid Heat Wave
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has been asking customers to conserve energy this week as spot power prices in Texas triple to a record on Friday. The state’s power grid operator that serves most of Texas declared an energy conservation emergency for the second time this week.
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