Texas schools get an ‘F’ for lead levels in drinking water

Some Texas schools have toxic drinking water. The Texas Public Interest Research Group and Environment Texas Research and Policy Center recently issued a joint...

After El Paso: Mexico plans anti-U.S. white supremacy summit

People gather Aug. 15, 2019, at a makeshift memorial honoring victims of the mass shooting in El Paso. (Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images)

Texas Flood: Tropical Storm Imelda one week later

Imelda wreaked havoc on the southeast Texas region causing Gov. Greg Abbott to declare a state of emergency for several counties. Now that hundreds...

Tropical Storm Imelda's flooding turns deadly

Felipe Morales works on getting his truck out of a ditch filled with high water during a rain storm stemming from rain bands...

Polls support Dan Patrick’s support of background checks

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has said he’s willing to “take an arrow” from the NRA. Albeit, it’s a small arrow for a small concession....

Texas House Mass Violence Committee Holds First Hearing

The Texas House Select Committee on Mass Violence Prevention and Community Safety held their first public meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 17. Committee members heard...

Abbott Releases Safety Action Report

Almost a month after the El Paso shooting, Gov. Greg Abbott released the Texas Safety Action Report. In the report, which was released on...

Texas House Creates Mass Violence Committee

Texas Speaker of the House Dennis Bonnen has formed a House Select Committee on Mass Violence Prevention and Community Safety. The committee was created in...

Dan Patrick promises to stand-up and do nothing on gun control

Texas’ top lawmakers have recently found themselves between a rock and a hard place — if the rock is “trying to stop indiscriminate mass...

Abbott resists calls for special session

EL PASO — The voices asking Gov. Greg Abbott to call a special legislative session to address gun violence are getting louder.  So far the...
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