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Gulf Coast is hardest hit: The CEO of a Houston-area nonprofit estimated that six organizations in the area are losing a total of about $2 million in funds.

Gulf Coast is hardest hit: The CEO of a Houston-area nonprofit estimated that six organizations in the area are losing a total of about $2 million in funds.

"First off, f--k Ken Paxton."

💥 Greetings, my queer stars, Welcome back to Big & Bright 🌈 ⭐ 👏, your biweekly newsletter about life in queer Texas … where the ground is always shifting under our feet and this time we can't blame f...

💥 Greetings, my queer stars, Welcome back to Big & Bright 🌈 ⭐ 👏, your biweekly newsletter about life in queer Texas … where the ground is always shifting under our feet and this time we can't…

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service experts separate fact from fiction about this fascinating flying mammal.

"No income tax" is true. It's just not the same sentence as "low taxes." Texas raises its money through sales tax and property tax instead — and neither one asks what you earn. The sales tax on a…

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18 likes, 1 comments - thebarbedwiretexas on September 4, 2026: "How many times have I cracked my screen?? Texas' right to repair law took effect this week — and it probably doesn't cover your phone....

Judge Talwani, who previously blocked Trump’s election “integrity” executive order, on Friday issued a preliminary injunction blocking the key portions of the new USPS rule.

Austin's school district just earned a B. It's also the only district in Texas to trigger a potential state takeover this year.Here's how both are true: Burnet and Webb middle schools each got a preliminary fifth straight F from the Texas Education Agency. Five is the number written into state law, and once a campus hits it, Education Commissioner Mike Morath doesn't get to decide whether to act — only which of two things to do. Close the campuses. Or replace Austin ISD's elected school board and its superintendent with people he appoints.Morath runs the TEA. The agency that issued the F is the agency hearing the appeal, and its commissioner picks the consequence.The district has until September 11.#AustinISD #TexasEducation #Austin #TEAView all comments

For years, conservative litigants flocked to Judge Reed O’Connor’s district. Now, North Texas has become a favorite destination of the Justice Department.

Nine years ago this month, Hurricane Harvey came ashore at San Jose Island and then Rockport as a Category 4 with 130 mph sustained winds. A one-second gust of 152 mph was measured at Rockport.…

In August 2024, the U.S. Justice Department found that conditions in all five Texas youth prisons violate the Constitution — excessive force, prolonged isolation, kids unprotected from sexual…

Dolly Parton died Tuesday at 80. Her family announced her death on her Instagram account — peacefully, in Nashville, after a brief fight with cancer. Flags are at half staff nationwide for a…

A deep partial lunar eclipse is visible across Texas the night of Thursday, Aug. 27. At its peak about 96% of the moon's surface sits inside Earth's umbra — close to total, but not quite. Texas…

A Dallas neighborhood spent days chasing a raccoon with a mayonnaise jar stuck on her head. They named her Mayonesa, and they could not catch her. Animal control finally got her earlier this month —…