Category Archives: State News
Austin Serial Bomber Dead: Blows Himself Up After Shootout With Police [VIDEO]
The Austin serial bomber suspected of delivering six homemade bombs to locations around Austin this month, killing two people, has died after blowing himself up.
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Austin Rocked By Fourth Explosion In Less Than Two Weeks, Two Seriously Injured [VIDEO]
Austin Police Chief Brian Manley urged residents to remain in their homes “until we’ve had a chance to deem this neighborhood safe,” which will be “at minimum until daylight.”
Read moreAustin Rocked By Second Explosion Hours After Deadly Blast Kills One [VIDEO]
Austin, TX has been rocked by a series package bombs that have resulted in the death of two individuals and injured several others.
Read moreGov. Abbott, Other Texas Republicans Silent on Trump’s Embrace of Gun Control
It’s a striking contrast to their responses to then-President Barack Obama’s gun control efforts, which were less aggressive in some areas than President Donald Trump’s.
Read moreWill Texans See Sky-High Electric Bills This Summer? Grid Operator Sends Dire Warning
A day after the state’s main electric grid operator warned that a variety of factors including record high demand could lead to pricier and dicier electric service, experts added a grain of salt to the predictions.
Read moreTexas Leads 20-State Lawsuit Against Obamacare
Texas is suing the federal government over President Barack Obama’s landmark health care law — again.
Read moreGun Rights Groups Are Powerful in Texas — But Not Because of Money
Members of the Texas congressional delegation have received $427,800 in donations from the NRA since 1998, but that’s a relatively small fraction of their overall fundraising. Guns rights groups’ biggest boost for Texas elected officials isn’t money, it’s votes.
Read moreGeorge P. Bush’s Secret Mansion is Financed by an Undisclosed Loan From Texas Donor’s Bank
When the land commissioner wanted to buy a West Austin house, he turned to a major donor’s bank for an $850,000 mortgage — then put it under the name of a family trust to keep his home address secret. Bush says death threats made the move necessary.
Read moreU.S. Supreme Court to Hear Case Over Whether Texas Congressional and House Maps Discriminate
Further extending a drawn-out legal battle, the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a case over whether Texas’ congressional and House district boundaries discriminate against voters of color.
Read moreBooted From the Alamo, the Daughters of the Republic of Texas Kept Treasured Library
San Antonio celebrates its 300th anniversary in 2018. The history of the city — and of Texas — comes to life in the artwork, manuscripts and maps of a library that has recently found a new home.
Read moreNow You Can Carry Any Knife (Almost) Anywhere in Texas [VIDEO]
A new state law eliminates the category of “illegal knives,” effectively expanding knife owners’ freedom to carry blades almost anywhere in the state.
Read moreMore Texans May Be Left Without Health Insurance After End of Open Enrollment
Open enrollment to buy health insurance through the federal government ends Dec. 15. With the enrollment window cut in half and Trump administration limitations on the budget, more Texans could go uninsured.
Read moreHow Much Has Been Raised For Harvey Relief — And How’s It Being Spent?
Between the federal government, the Red Cross and private charities, billions of dollars will be spent to help Texans rebuild and recover after Hurricane Harvey in Texas. The Texas Tribune has been tracking how it’s spent.
Read moreTxDOT Eyeing Accounting Trick to Get Around Toll Road Prohibition
Toll lanes were supposed to stop popping up alongside Texas highways. At least, that’s what voters who approved billions of dollars for new state transportation projects thought. Yet the Texas Department of Transportation’s latest plans to unclog congestion in the state’s largest urban areas call for building a bevy of managed toll lanes as the agency rebuilds and adds new lanes to existing highways.
Read moreRed River Land Lawsuit Ends in Settlement
Proving that the state can stand up to the federal government when statewide electeds and the state legislature are all on the same page working in unison, the nearly 10-year-long saga involving ranchers, federal agents and the Louisiana Purchase came to an end Wednesday when parties in a federal lawsuit reached a settlement.
Read moreGrassroots to TxDOT: ‘Read our lips – No new toll taxes!’
Grassroots Coalition of 67 Organizations Call Out Transportation Agencies for Breaking Governor’s Promise for No More Toll Roads.
Read moreThese Are The Two Heroes Who Stopped Texas Church Shooter Devin Patrick Kelley [VIDEO]
“So that’s what I did. I just acted.”
Read moreHow Renting Furniture in Texas Can Land You in Jail [VIDEO]
While other businesses have to use civil remedies when customers don’t pay their debts, the rent-to-own industry has a special tool in Texas law that lets them file criminal charges.
Read moreWhat Constitutional Amendments Will Be On the November Ballot?
Monday marks the beginning of early voting for the Nov. 7 election. Texans are being asked to approve seven amendments to the state’s constitution. Here’s a look at the seven constitutional amendments on the statewide ballot for the November 7 election.
Read moreState Says Harvey’s Death Toll Has Reached 88
Hurricane Harvey took the lives of at least 88 Texans, according to preliminary numbers released Friday morning by the Department of State Health Services.
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