1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (463+ words) Democratic Texas Senate hopeful James Talarico eked out a shocking 3-point lead over GOP foe Ken Paxton in a new poll amid mounting Republican anxiety over the Lone Star race. Talarico edged out Paxton 51% to 48% in a Fox News poll…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (651+ words) Gov. Greg Abbott ordered four Texas agencies to immediately expand workforce training, apprenticeships, and trade education programs. The directives focus on high-demand, non-degree careers by lowering age limits for apprenticeships, adding rural school trade programs, and recruiting skilled professionals to…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (495+ words) WASHINGTON — Texas Sen. John Cornyn on Sunday insisted he can overcome President Trump’s late-stage endorsement of primary-race rival Ken Paxton, despite the prez’s backing recently paying off big for other candidates. Cornyn, a Republican, contended that his situation is “very…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (687+ words) West Texas is losing roughly a billion dollars in crude oil each year to theft — and the people taking it have gotten good enough that they clone service trucks, launder barrels through brokers and occasionally blow up the pipeline they're…...

4+ mon, 2+ day ago   (376+ words) Netflix is being sued by Ken Paxton, the attorney general of Texas, who claims that the streaming service has engaged in “spying on Texans, including children, and collecting users’ data without their knowledge or consent.” The Republican politician, who is…...

4+ mon, 5+ day ago   (497+ words) Ever look up at the vast Texas sky and see something move across it? It could be a shooting star, a satellite — or a UFO. The Pentagon released several documents Friday, May 8, detailing sightings of unidentified flying objects, or “bogeys,…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (12+ words) Glamorous triathlete influencer, 38, drowns while swimming in Texas Ironman competition AOL.com...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (448+ words) (The Center Square) – The leaders of rural counties in South Texas have begun passing resolutions supporting a regional water conservation effort, led by Goliad County Judge Mike Bennett. Bennett and county commissioners unanimously signed the first resolution Monday night. On…...

5+ mon, 1+ day ago   (321+ words) A Texas Tech University law student is suing university leaders and faculty, arguing they violated her free speech rights by disciplining her over comments about the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The lawsuit, filed Sunday in federal court in…...

5+ mon, 2+ day ago   (556+ words) (The Center Square) – Five years into Operation Lone Star, apprehensions of illegal border crossers are ongoing in Texas border communities and throughout south Texas. The greatest number of apprehensions are occurring in the Rio Grande Valley and Coastal Bend regions…...