Texas Rangers Promote First Women to Rank of Captain
Two women recently broke through the upper echelons of the male-dominated Texas Rangers with their promotions to the rank of captain. Wendy Wakeman and...
Texas Teachers Consider Retirement Over Teaching During a Pandemic
Texas teachers can expect to spend some time in classrooms in the upcoming school year, but much about the school year is unclear since...
Passenger Tries To Smuggle 15 Live Giant Snails Into Houston Airport
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists discovered and seized 15 live Giant Land Snails inside a passenger's carry-on bag at George Bush Intercontinental...
Sunset Commission Says Texas Law Enforcement Regulation is “Fragmented” and “Toothless”
A recent report by Texas’ Sunset Advisory Commission found that the “state’s current regulation of law enforcement is, by and large, toothless.” First reported...
Two Texas Planned Parenthoods Won’t Give Back PPP Loans
Planned Parenthood of San Antonio and Houston do not intend to return Payroll Protection Program loans they received under the first COVID-19 relief bill...
Biden Approves Federal Disaster Aid For Texas After Hurricane Beryl, Blames Patrick And Abbott...
President Joe Biden has approved Texas' request for a federal emergency disaster declaration to cover the cost of damages caused by Hurricane Beryl and...
Abbott Instructs Public Utilities Commission to Investigate Houston’s Power Issues
Just two days after Hurricane Beryl left more than 2 million residents without power, Texas Governor Greg Abbott said he would direct the Public...
With Warning For Unvaccinated, Biden Lays Out Plan To Fight Surging Omicron
WASHINGTON, Dec 21 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday more federal vaccination and testing sites to tackle a surge in COVID-19...
For Texas High School Students, Many Things Are up in the Air, but Maybe...
The coronavirus has created uncertainty for many Texas high school seniors. The children who were born right after 9/11 are now wondering not just...
As Coronavirus Cases Surged, Texas’ Contact Tracing Workforce Shrunk
As Texas becomes a national hot spot for the new coronavirus, the state is still falling short on the governor’s months-old goal to employ up to...
