Posted 9:25 AM 4/12/2026 by Natalia Contreras, The Texas Tribune

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Posted 12:17 PM 4/11/2026 by Claudia Garcia

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller is warning ranchers about the New World screwworm after the pest was detected only 90 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border.

The detection happened in the Mexican state of Nuevo León. Miller says this is the northernmost case confirmed so (More)

Posted 1:31 PM 4/9/2026 by Zach Despart, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica

Posted 10:44 AM 4/8/2026 by Paul Cobler, graphic by Apurva Mahajan

Texas will lose out on at least $3.1 billion in sales tax revenue over the next two years thanks to an exemption for the state’s booming data center industry, according to the comptroller’s office.

That figure is likely a vast underestimate given the explosion of new facilities (More)

Posted 2:32 PM 4/7/2026 by GABBY BIRENBAUM, DATA REPORTING BY DAN KEEMAHILL

On March 4, the day after the Texas Senate Republican primary, President Donald Trump was resolute — he would be endorsing “soon” in the runoff between Sen. John Cornyn and Attorney General (More)

Posted 12:12 PM 4/6/2026 by Zahiyah Carter

Eloisa Schessler and her husband started Eloisa’s Kitchen Food Truck in Dallas to help their daughter. Their daughter had suffered a head injury, and had become a shell of her former self. They worked diligently to create a small business where their daughter not only serves as the sous (More)