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Angela Graham-West, Wife Of Texas GOP Candidate Allen West, Wasn’t Drunk Or On Drugs When Jailed For DWI, Tests Show
:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/bde17f8cb15ea23725cae02a73dee141/Angela%20West%20TT%2003.jpg "Angela Graham-West, Wife Of Texas GOP Candidate Allen West, Wasn’t Drunk Or On Drugs When Jailed For DWI, Tests Show")
West had insisted his wife had not been drinking the night she was arrested, calling the arrest “insidious.” Dallas police said they stand by the officer’s decision to arrest Graham-West based on the information available at the time.
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NASA Leadership to Call Space Station Crew
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy will speak with astronauts aboard the International Space Station from the Mission Control Center at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston Thursday, Sept. 2.
Read moreMore Than A Dozen Democrats Return, Signaling More Assured End Of Quorum Bust In The Texas House
:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/5d72ea0e6b2886cd46ebf70737827fae/House%20Floor%20823%20TT%20EG.jpg "More Than A Dozen Democrats Return, Signaling More Assured End Of Quorum Bust In The Texas House")
The development meant that a new high of 113 members were present for the second special session.
Read moreTexas Congressman Michael McCaul Says Biden Administration “Totally Blew” Afghanistan Withdrawal
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McCaul, the highest ranking Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, says Biden ignored intelligence briefings and underestimated the Taliban’s strength.
Read morePeople Of Color Make Up 95% Of Texas’ Population Growth, And Cities And Suburbs Are Booming, 2020 Census Shows
:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/ba0d0ad6aeaf587884f2db873a2324c8/02%20Houston%20Skyline%20MG.jpg "People Of Color Make Up 95% Of Texas’ Population Growth, And Cities And Suburbs Are Booming, 2020 Census Shows")
The state’s Hispanic population is now nearly as large as the non-Hispanic white population, with Texas gaining nearly 11 Hispanic residents for every additional white resident since 2010. Those trends set up a pitched battle for political control when state lawmakers redraw legislative districts.
Read moreU.S. Attorney General Blasts Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s Latest Border Directive And Threatens A Legal Battle
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One day after Abbott told state troopers to pull over vehicles with migrants suspected of having COVID-19, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said the governor’s order violated federal law.
Read moreTexas Gov. Greg Abbott Has Colossal $55 million War Chest For 2022 Reelection Bid
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Abbott’s campaign coffers hit the balance after he raised over $18.7 million during the last 10 days of June, his campaign announced Thursday. The campaign said the cash-on-hand total was larger “than any other statewide candidate in Texas history.”
Read moreHouston-Area COVID-19 Outbreak — Including Delta Variant Cases — Should Be A Wake-Up Call For Texans, Health Expert Warns
:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/e449d302e454bd760dcbef9e9af7ea76/Delco%20Vaccination%20Site%20SF%20TT%2002 "Houston-Area COVID-19 Outbreak — Including Delta Variant Cases — Should Be A Wake-Up Call For Texans, Health Expert Warns")
The latest, most transmissible strain of COVID-19 is spreading rampantly in countries with low vaccination rates, and health experts are bracing for impact in Texas.
Read moreHealth Experts Talk About What Texas Did Right And Wrong In The Pandemic — And What It Should Do Differently Next Time
Three medical professionals discuss what they have learned about where Texas is — and where it is going — in the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read moreKamala Harris To Visit El Paso On Friday In First Trip To U.S.-Mexico Border As Vice President
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Former President Donald Trump plans on touring Texas’ southern border with Gov. Greg Abbott later this month.
Read moreMacKenzie Scott Donates $40 Million To UT-San Antonio To Boost Enrollment, Retention And Graduation Rates
:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/fad420f59b444251634888e1ca340c2e/Mackenzie%20Scott%20REUTERS%20TT.jpg "MacKenzie Scott Donates Million To UT-San Antonio To Boost Enrollment, Retention And Graduation Rates")
It’s the latest multimillion-dollar donation that Scott, who owns 4% of Amazon and used to be married to its founder, Jeff Bezos, has given to colleges and universities across the state and country.
Read moreAfter 2020 Disappointments, Democrats Look To Prioritize Year-Round Organizing
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Two former congressional candidates, Julie Oliver and Mike Siegel, are hoping to help Democrats learn the lessons of 2020 with a new group called Ground Game Texas.
Read more‘Deely Nuts, Beefy King’: Hundreds of Fake Farms Received Fraudulent Stimulus Loans, Exposé Reveals
This only adds to previous reports that similarly deemed the $828 billion+ stimulus loan program rife with fraud.
Read moreBlinn baseball Sweeps Coastal Bend, 1-0 and 9-1
The Blinn College baseball team swept Coastal Bend College at Leroy Dreyer Field Saturday.
Read moreSchulz’s Five RBIs Lead Blinn To 11-5 Win Over Galveston
Behind a career-best five RBIs from Caleb Schulz, the Buccaneers picked up an 11-5 win against Galveston College to even the four-game conference series Thursday night.
Read moreNo. 23 Buccaneers Down Bossier Parish, 103-71
The No. 23 Blinn College women’s basketball team downed Bossier Parish Community College, 103-71, in the Kruse Center Monday.
Read moreBlinn Women’s Soccer Earns Team Academic Award
The Blinn College women’s soccer program recently received a Team Academic Award from the United Soccer Coaches as recognition of exemplary performance in the classroom during the 2019-20 academic year.
Read moreTri-County ER Coming to Sealy May 11th
This will provide needed emergency medical services that will be able to, in addition to COVID-19, address major illnesses and injuries such as heart attacks, strokes, work and home injuries, serious vomiting and diarrhea, dehydration, automobile accidents, high fevers, difficulty breathing.
Read moreNo. 24 Buccaneers eliminated by Angelina in semifinals, 71-60
With the loss, Blinn ends the season with a 25-7 record after going 13-5 in Region XIV regular season play.
Read moreDallas, Houston Projected to See Continued Economic Growth
As much of the world’s economic growth is expected to slow in the near future, two cities in Texas look to be turning that projection on its head.
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