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Frio County public officials among six indicted after elections investigation, Paxton says
May 07, 2025
The county judge, two city council members and others are accused of vote harvesting.
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U.S. declares military zone around El Paso, allowing soldiers to arrest migrants
May 02, 2025
It’s the second military zone the Trump administration has created at the border, following one on the New Mexico-Mexico border, where a group of migrants were arrested on Monday.
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Starbase, the SpaceX site, is likely Texas’ next city. What happens next?
April 24, 2025
City leaders, who will be elected in May, will have just a short window to decide what services to provide, like police or fire, and how to tax residents.
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Trump is spending billions on border security. Some residents living there lack basic resources.
April 16, 2025
The president has reportedly urged Congress to pass $175 billion for border security. But residents of Del Rio, Texas, and Douglas, Arizona, say basic needs — like safe drinking water and hospital access — aren’t being met.
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3 dead, more than 200 rescued in South Texas after severe storms cause flooding
March 28, 2025
Homes were inundated with water and cars were abandoned across the Rio Grande Valley region.
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Federal judge rules prison heat conditions are unconstitutional, but doesn’t require air conditioning
March 26, 2025
About two-thirds of Texas prisons are not fully air conditioned, and dozens of inmates have died in the sweltering heat.
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Texas A&M can’t ban “Draggieland” drag show, federal judge rules
March 24, 2025
Judge Lee H. Rosenthal said the student group that organizes Draggieland, the Queer Empowerment Council, was likely to succeed in showing the ban violates the First Amendment.
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With crumbling public health infrastructure, rural Texas scrambles to respond to measles
March 10, 2025
The measles outbreak in rural Texas has exposed how hospital buildings are ill-equipped. Meanwhile, long distances between providers makes testing people and transporting samples difficult.
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Why a Rio Grande Valley hospital is helping to feed its patients
March 06, 2025
As the Edinburg facility and others seek to assist people experiencing food insecurity, state lawmakers have more than a dozen bills that could tackle Texas’ food deserts.
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A year after Texas’ largest wildfire, Panhandle residents tugged between hope and anxiety
February 27, 2025
The Panhandle town of Canadian is determined to move beyond the deadly fire. And yet, they are reminded almost daily another catastrophe is possible.
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“We’re in competition”: An East Texas school district faces hard choices as education options grow
February 25, 2025
The Lufkin school district says it must do a better job of promoting itself amid growing competition from charter schools and homeschooling.
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Texas’ measles outbreak: What we know and where the cases are
February 18, 2025
The number of measles cases in Texas has ballooned to at least 58, as of Tuesday, including a baby who was too young to be vaccinated.
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Large earthquake strikes West Texas, among strongest ever in state
February 15, 2025
The 5.0 magnitude earthquake is tied for the sixth strongest in state history. Scientists have warned for years that increased fracking in West Texas is causing higher earthquake activity.
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Migrants at Texas border in shock after Trump canceled their asylum appointments
January 21, 2025
Hours after Trump’s inauguration, his administration canceled appointments allowing migrants to enter the U.S. to request asylum, leaving many of them stranded on the U.S.-Mexico border.
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As bitter cold sweeps through Texas, ERCOT says the power grid is stable
January 06, 2025
The state’s electric grid operator issued a weather watch until Friday but says it doesn’t expect power disruptions as demand rises.
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