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8/7/2026

Appeals court rejects Attorney General Ken Paxton’s effort to overturn Texas State Fair gun ban

Appeals court rejects Attorney General Ken Paxton’s effort to overturn Texas State Fair gun ban

Posted 9:49 AM 8/8/2026 by Alex Nguyen, The Texas Tribune

An all-Republican Texas appeals court has delivered another blow to Attorney General Ken Paxton’s challenge of the State Fair’s firearms ban, just over a month before the annual weekslong event returns to Dallas.

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8/6/2026

Democrats in Congress, able to visit ICE lockups in Texas, describe grim conditions

Democrats in Congress, able to visit ICE lockups in Texas, describe grim conditions

Posted 1:13 PM 8/7/2026 by Gabby Birenbaum, The Texas Tribune

WASHINGTON — Rep. Joaquin Castro has made seven visits to the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, a sleepy town southwest of his San Antonio district, since the Trump administration (More)

8/5/2026

Lack of broadband service, funding gives rise to telehealth services in rural clinics

Lack of broadband service, funding gives rise to telehealth services in rural clinics

Posted 9:24 AM 8/6/2026 by JAYME LOZANO CARVER | THE TEXAS TRIBUNE

LUBBOCK — The Davis Mountain Clinic is not your typical rural medical clinic. It doesn’t have windows or a big waiting room, and there aren’t teams of physicians and nurses waiting on patients.

Instead, there’s one nurse, Carol Brewer, who connects patients (More)

8/4/2026

A $150M contract for migrant kids' lawyers goes to a Trump-linked Texas firm, raising concerns

A $150M contract for migrant kids' lawyers goes to a Trump-linked Texas firm, raising concerns

Posted 9:17 AM 8/6/2026 by VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press

CHICAGO (AP) — The Trump administration has awarded a $150 million contract to give legal representation to migrant children traveling alone to the U.S. to a small Texas law firm with ties to the administration but little experience in immigration law, prompting legal aid groups who've long (More)

8/3/2026

SpaceX posts loss in first report as a public company but less than expected

SpaceX posts loss in first report as a public company but less than expected

Posted 4:16 PM 8/4/2026 by BERNARD CONDON AP Business Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — SpaceX reported a smaller loss than Wall Street expected along with a surge in revenue in its first quarterly report as a public company as it sharply boosted spending, particularly on artificial intelligence.

The company run by Elon Musk posted a loss of $541 (More)

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