• State of Texas: ‘Contract with Texas’ aims to push House further right

    Lt. Governor Dan Patrick gave State Senators 57 items to study on his list of interim charges.

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    Dan Doctoroff's New York

    Now facing a diagnosis of ALS, Dan Doctoroff, founder and chairman of the research foundation Target ALS, former president and CEO of Bloomberg LP and Sidewalk Labs, former New York City deputy mayor for economic development and rebuilding (2002-2007) and the subject of The Urbanist: Dan Doctoroff and the Rise of New York (Phaidon, 2024), talks about his impact on the city after 9/11 under Mayor Bloomberg and the new book that celebrates his achievements.

  • Severe Weather hits Central Texas

    Waco (FOX 44/KWKT) — Severe weather developed over Central Texas Friday morning. FOX 44 Chief Meteorologist Mike LaPoint and Meteorologist Zavian Colon are bringing you live coverage of the s

  • Texas Exotic Hunts Are Dangerously Unregulated

    Addax antelope for $8,000, scimitar-horned oryx for $7,500—both endangered species advertised as available to hunt at a private game reserve in Texas as of April 2024. The scimitar-horned oryx, a species declared “Extinct in the Wild” 24 years ago, was reintroduced into Chad’s Ouadi Achim Faunal Reserve in February 2023 thanks to conservation breeding programs […]

  • UP train derails in central Texas (updated)

    TRENT, Texas — About two dozen cars of a Union Pacific train derailed east of Trent on Tuesday, April 23, KTXS-TV reports. The derailment occurred about 8 p.m.; a UP spokesman said there were no injuries and no releases of hazardous materials. Images on the station website show derailed double-stack containers. KTAB/KRBC-TV reports that high []Read More

  • Eye on Texas: An Unwinnable Drug War

    I was born and raised in Mexico and lived at the Texas-Mexico border for eight years. As a professor at the University of Texas at Brownsville, now the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, I began to research Mexican organized crime groups that operate transnationally. Since 2009, I have studied illicit networks involved in U.S.-bound […]

  • Texas post-race inspection complete

    FORT WORTH, TEXAS - APRIL 14: A general view of racing during the NASCAR

  • Series Preview: Seattle Mariners at Texas Rangers

    Banking five wins last week to get back to .500 on the season was exactly what the doctor ordered for the Mariners. It was even more important that they took care of business against the likes of the Reds and Rockies because Seattle’s schedule is about to get a lot harder over the next couple of weeks. They’ve got this series on the road against the Rangers, then host the Diamondbacks and Braves before starting off the month of May with a trip to Houston. If the Mariners have truly turned a...

  • Moose look to extend hot streak in Texas

    The Manitoba Moose know how to saddle up in Texas. The American Hockey League club experienced success in the Lone Star State during the regular season but will need more as it begins the Calder Cup playoffs with a best-of-three series against the Texas Stars staged entirely at H-E-B Centre.

  • Stephanie Meadow speaks at Chevron Championships in Texas

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  • Billions going into semiconductor manufacturing in central Texas

    (The Center Square) – Billions of federal tax dollars are being funneled into semiconductor manufacturing in central Texas after new federal and state laws have gone into effect. The U.S. Department of Commerce announced this week that $6.4 billion was being directed to semiconductor manufacturing at Samsung Electronics facilities in Taylor and Austin, Texas. Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday met with Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd. President and CEO Kye Hyun Kyung and...

  • The Epic Texas Panhandle Fire Is Just a Preview

    Editor’s Note: This article is reprinted with permission from the Sierra Club magazine. On February 26, a tiny flame sparked a mile north of the ranching community of Stinnett, Texas. This part of the Texas Panhandle is sparsely populated—Hutchinson County has 20,000 people and roughly the same number of cows—so no one saw the smoldering […]