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8/7/2026
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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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
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
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
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)
8/2/2026
Data center approvals in Texas halted until audits completed, Gov. Greg Abbott says
Posted 5:07 PM 8/3/2026 by Paul Cobler
Amid growing public backlash to the rapid buildout of data centers across Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday announced a moratorium on the approval of data centers until regulatory agencies can (More)