12+ hour, 21+ min ago   (1725+ words) DALLAS -- Shundelon Ross hoped the seventh school would be the one to work. Her son wandered the hallways, clutching his favorite stuffed animal. He threw high fives to the employees. He stared, mesmerized, at the chickens pecking around the coop....

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1399+ words) Construction trucks bound for a data center site near Hillsboro, Texas, clattered through the town square on a recent morning, drowning out conversation and tossing dust onto the outdoor tables of Kelley and Michael Ivy's burger restaurant. "People can't even…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (495+ words) The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied advocacy groups' bid for a new hearing to defend the Texas Dream Act, a state law that granted in-state tuition rates at public universities for undocumented students. In July, a panel of three judges…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (384+ words) DALLAS -- Every year, Belinda Sumner, from Mission, Texas, and Nuri Vitiello, from Washington, D.C., take a "sister trip" together. This year they will trade their usual massages and days at the pool for stump speeches at the American Airlines Center. Seeing…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (399+ words) A former top aide to Ken Paxton, the Republican attorney general of Texas, is appearing in a new online ad endorsing Paxton's Democratic rival, James Talarico, in one of the most hotly contested and costly U.S. Senate races in the country....

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (323+ words) WASHINGTON -- Two heavyweights are throwing major financial support behind Attorney General Ken Paxton's Senate bid, seeking to narrow the spending gap with Democratic state Rep. James Talarico. MAGA Inc., a super PAC linked to President Donald Trump, announced last week…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (381+ words) AGUA PRIETA, Mexico -- Mexico resumed live cattle exports to the United States on Monday after they were halted for nearly two years by restrictions imposed by the Trump administration following a screwworm outbreak. Even under strict limitations, the reopening of…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (252+ words) MEXICO CITY/WASHINGTON -- Mexico is bolstering its screwworm containment campaign in northern border states where recent cases have been detected, heightening scrutiny of livestock exports as cross-border trade resumed on Monday under a phased U.S. reopening. Mexican Agriculture Minister Columba Lopez…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (367+ words) Today is Sunday, Aug. 23, the 235th day of 2026. There are 130 days left in the year. On Aug. 23, 1970, the Salad Bowl strike began, organized by farm labor leader Cesar Chavez; between 5,000 to 10,000 laborers walked off the job, leading to the largest farmworker…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (127+ words) Texarkana Gazette Texarkana, Texas, schools await state guidance on Bible stories mandate TEXARKANA, Texas -- After the Texas State Board of Education announced a mandate of Bible stories and passages to be implemented across all grade levels by 2030, many school districts…...