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Nov 26 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's administration proposed a slew of changes on Friday to the federal oil and gas leasing program including hiking royalty rates drillers must pay on their production and limiting areas that can be developed in order to protect wildlife and cultural zones.
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Novavax Testing Vaccine that Targets New COVID-19 Variant
Nov 26 (Reuters) - Novavax Inc said on Friday it had started working on a version of its COVID-19...
For Whom the Vows Apply: Some Texas Faith Leaders...
Rev. Erika Forbes’ pastoral calling regularly brings her to the Whole Woman’s Health abortion clinic in Fort Worth. She...
What We Know about the Covid-19 Variant Detected in...
JOHANNESBURG/LONDON, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Global authorities have reacted with alarm to a coronavirus variant detected in South Africa, with the...
Texas Legislature
Why Texas’ Laws Are Mostly Made By the Rich
The image of the fat cat member of congress is only half true. Some people, such as President Joe Biden when he was a Senator, do in fact live just on their...
Texas Rent Relief Program Closing Application Portal on Friday
Late Wednesday, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) announced they...
Let’s Get To Know Texas’ New Constitutional Amendments: All 8 Proposed Propositions Were Approved, With Only 9% Of Voters Casting A Ballot
On Tuesday, it was Election Day in Texas, and voters all across the...
Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments For Texas Abortion Law Cases
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments by the Justice Department and Texas...
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Elections
‘CEO Of A State?’: Matthew McConaughey’s Announcement For Texas Governor Coming Soon
The Oscar-winning philanthropist, Matthew McConaughey, who has recently been teasing the idea of running for Texas governor, was preferred by voters over both Abbott and O’Rourke, according to results from a new...
O’Rourke Wants To Create Jobs In Renewable Energy That ‘Do Not Replace, But Add To’ The Oil And Gas Industry
Beto O’Rourke has only been officially a candidate for Texas governor for four...
State Sen. John Whitmire to Run for Houston Mayor in 2023
State Sen. John Whitmire, D-Houston, announced last Wednesday that he intends to run...
After Dedicating Half His Life To Public Service, Joe Deshotel Announces His Retirement
State Rep. Joe Deshotel, D-Beaumont, one of the longest-serving representatives in the Texas...
Campaign Finance
Latest Texas Campaign Finance Reports Reveal State of Play for Statewide Races
New campaign finance reports released last week by Texas legislators, elected statewide officials...
U.S. Supreme Court to Consider Senator Cruz’s Campaign Finance Challenge
Sept 30 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear...
Bail Bond Bill Becomes Law After Heavy Donations From the Industry to Patrick
A controversial bail bond bill was signed by Governor Greg Abbott in Houston...
Texas Supreme Court Changes their Mind after a $250k Donation from Apache Corp
After a long legal battle against Apache Corp, which was apparently going to...
July Finance Reports Show First Glimpse of Statewide GOP Primary Challenges
New campaign finance reports released this week by elected officials and candidates for...
Education
‘These People Are Not Educators’: Texans Are Skeptical Of Elected Officials Judgement When It...
Republican state leaders have declared a war with Texas school libraries, and Texans don’t seem to be too enthusiastic about being on the battleground, according to a new poll from The Dallas...
Are Conservatives Running School Board Candidates in Preparation for Future Elections?
Recent school board elections across the country saw a slate of conservative candidates...
Extremist School Board Candidates Quietly Running to Push HISD Far to the Right
“If masks work, wouldn’t everyone choose to wear them?”
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Explaining Critical Race Theory
The term “critical race theory” has become both a new boogeyman on the...
Healthcare
Texas’ Has A ‘Moral Obligation’ To Dwindle It’s Growing Mental Health Crisis
Texas’ mental health system hit a grim milestone on Friday, according to sources at the Judicial Commission on Mental Health (JCMH), there are now at least 1,813 people waiting for a bed...
U.S. Census Bureau Released New Data Revealing that Uninsured Rates Grew Under Trump
On Tuesday, the U.S. Census Bureau released new data on income, poverty, and...
U.S Army Veteran Who Earned a Purple Heart in Afghanistan Dies Waiting for Hospital Care; ICU Beds Filled with COVID Patients in Texas
After becoming very ill, U.S. Army veteran Daniel Wilkinson was taken to the...
Healthcare Access for New Moms will Have to Face Managed Care
The battle for Medicaid expansion in Texas has allegedly reached a milestone for...
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‘A Real Man Would Be Defending His Wife’: Cheney Throws Ted Cruz Off His...
In television appearances earlier this week Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo) took shots at each other, holding former President Trump accountable for ‘breaking’ them.
Cruz...
Rating Agencies Say Biden’s Spending Plans Will Not Add To Inflationary Pressure
Nov 16 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's infrastructure and social spending legislation will not add to inflationary pressures in the U.S. economy, economists and analysts in leading rating agencies told Reuters...
