Thousands of Unemployed Texans Owe Millions Because of Overpayments
Approximately 185,000 Texans have received unemployment benefits they were not entitled to and will be required to pay the money back, according to numbers...
Republicans Sue Abbott to Stop Extended Early Voting in Texas
Political circles were buzzing Wednesday with word of the latest episode of Republicans turning against their state leader, Gov. Greg Abbott. The governor is...
Cruz Blocks Resolution Honoring RBG
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Houston), who is on President Donald Trump’s shortlist of potential Supreme Court nominees, on Tuesday successfully blocked approval of a...
Proposal to Bar Ex-criminals from Affordable Housing in Texas Called Unfair
Under draft rules being considered by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, anyone on the sex offender registry or those with drug...
Cruz, Cornyn Hypocrites for Backing Ginsburg Replacement Before Year Ends
In a huge reversal of their 2016 positions, Texas Senators Ted Cruz (R-Houston) and John Cornyn (R-Houston) say they support moving forward with a...
TABC Explores Need for More Ethnic Diversity, More Female Officers
With only 16% of its ranks being women, 6.64% being Black and less than 1% Asian American, the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission is under...
As Texas Relaxes COVID-19 Rules, More Restaurants Face Permanent Closure
Gov. Greg Abbott’s announcement that he is loosening COVID-19 safety restrictions has received mixed reactions.
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner called the plan “a little more...
Thousands More Texans Unemployed as Congress is Arguing About Benefits
Just under 50,000 Texans filed first-time claims for unemployment last week. Since the start of the pandemic, nearly 3.5 million people in the Lone...
Long Waits at the Border Hurting Texas Economy
When non-essential traffic across the Texas-Mexico border started to increase over the summer, Customs and Border Patrol began artificially inflating the wait times to...
Texas Leads the Nation in PPP Fraud
Texas currently leads the country in Payroll Protection Program fraud indictments, according to the Houston Chronicle. As of Monday, the newspaper had documented a...
