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Political blame game follows as screwworm parasite threatens cattle in Texas
5+ hour, 56+ min ago (920+ words) U. S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins watched sterile flies being released to fight the New World screwworm on Thursday and visited the Texas ranch where one of the first cases of the pest was detected. The screwworm could devastate the nation's cattle…...
Talarico targets Paxton's scandals in Texas Senate race, pivoting from his sunny primary message
2+ week, 11+ hour ago (810+ words) By THOMAS BEAUMONT and JESSE BEDAYN Talarico has given Democrats their best chance in years of winning a Senate race in Texas and has boosted their still-uphill chances of retaking the majority in the U. S. Senate in November. Talarico, a former…...
Paxton makes his final pitch in Texas US Senate race against Cornyn, buoyed by Trump's endorsement
2+ week, 6+ day ago (634+ words) By JESSE BEDAYN and THOMAS BEAUMONT "I don't know if y'all noticed this, but Donald Trump endorsed me," Paxton told a small rally in a town outside Austin, inciting whoops and applause from the crowd. Paxton has been turning his…...
Trump endorses Ken Paxton in Texas GOP primary, boosting his challenge to incumbent Sen. Cornyn
3+ week, 2+ day ago (1070+ words) By THOMAS BEAUMONT, JESSE BEDAYN and KENDRIA La FLEUR, Associated Press "Ken is a true MAGA Warrior who has ALWAYS delivered for Texas, and will continue to do so in the United States Senate," Trump wrote on social media. News…...
Small cities in big Texas metro areas lead as the fastest growing municipalities in the US
4+ week, 11+ hour ago (637+ words) Small cities in big Texas metro areas were the fastest growing municipalities in the United States last year, as smaller communities in the South outpaced the rest of the nation, which has experienced a population slowdown since the start of…...
Houston changes ordinance limiting cooperation with ICE after pressure from governor
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (590+ words) By JUAN A. LOZANO Two weeks ago, Houston City Council passed the ordinance, which eliminated a requirement that Houston police officers wait 30 minutes for agents with the U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to pick up someone with a nonjudicial administrative warrant. If…...
NHL playoffs: Texas-sized blowout as Wild take Game 1
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (459+ words) DALLAS " By the third period of the playoff opener between the Minnesota Wild and Dallas Stars, the normally-raucous American Airlines Center, on the edge of downtown Dallas, was as quiet as the wind-swept West Texas prairie. In what they hope…...
Bible stories would be part of a new Texas public schools reading list drawing attention
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (791+ words) Biblical stories like Jonah and the whale would be required reading for Texas public schools students under proposals that are putting the state at the center of another contentious wrangling over the role of religion in classrooms. Religious leaders, teachers,…...
Trump's "pretty much' decided who to back in the Texas Senate primary as 3 supporters battle it out
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (663+ words) By SEUNG MIN KIM and THOMAS BEAUMONT, Associated Press So when he travels to the state on Friday for his first post-State of the Uniontrip, where he plans to promote his energy and economic policies, Trump will have all three…...
Texas brothers held Washington County family hostage in crypto theft, charges say
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (525+ words) Two brothers from Texas held a Grant family hostage at gunpoint for nine hours, forced the father to drive to the family cabin in Jacobson, Minn. , and then stole $36, 000 in cryptocurrency from the man, according to court documents. Isiah Angelo…...