Heart Galleries, portraits of adoptable children, on display at the Child Protective Services office at the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services offices in Austin in 2019. Credit: Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune By Terri Langford, The Texas Tribune HOUSTON State officials testified T...
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By CHRISTINE BENZ of Morningstar People who dispense advice to others — financial advisers and pundits who make their opinions known — spend a lot of time and energy criticizing certain financial decisions that frankly, I can’t get too worried about. Here are some of the big ones...
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By DEEPA BHARATH The Associated Press Come Election Day , a Quaker leader will travel from the nation’s capital to her home state of Ohio. A Christian minister and a Jewish rabbi will stand vigil outside a polling place in Arizona. A Buddhist nun will offer support to voters in W...
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The Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas Texas has banned a fan who made obscene gestures to Florida players after the Gators defeated then-No. 7 Texas 27-24 from attending future games at the Longhorns’ stadium. Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte made the announcement Wednesday i...
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NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL welcomes an investigation into the Philadelphia Eagles’ handling of Jalen Hurts’ blood clots after the players’ union asked for one, Commissioner Roger Goodell said Wednesday. Goodell said in his news conference at the end of the NFL’s annual fall meeting ...
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A chainlink fence separates Loop Road in south Haskell County from part of a Google data center construction site on Aug. 19, 2026. Credit: Ronald W. Erdrich for The Texas Tribune By Emily Foxhall, The Texas Tribune The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has paused issuing...
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By TIFFANY STANLEY The Associated Press HURST, Texas Keith Castello spends a lot of time praying about available real estate. Driving in his white pickup under a glaring Texas sun, the classical Christian school administrator points out empty office parks, a shopping mall, and an...
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Don Huffines, Republican candidate for Texas comptroller, speaks during the Texas Republican Convention in Houston on June 12, 2026. Credit: Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune By Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune Three weeks ago, Texas Comptroller Don Huffines signed what he calle...
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By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and ED WHITE The Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. New Mexico’s attorney general filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Jeffrey Epstein’s attorney and accountant, accusing them of concealing his sex trafficking operation at a sprawling Santa Fe-area ranch where...
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Thursday night, dinner is on Ector County ISD. For the fifth consecutive year, ECISD’s School Nutrition Department is offering school district parents, students, and staff members the opportunity to sample food items on school menus and others that could be added in the future. A...
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to allow the Trump administration to immediately enforce new medical restrictions for transgender people in prison. An executive order by President Donald Trump had called on the Bureau of Prisons to revise its medical care policies so that ...
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A mailer purporting to offer guidance to trans and LBGTQ+ students has been sent from an organization formed in Wyoming. The documents cite a Texas trans rights organization that says it had nothing to do with the pamphlets. Credit: Mailer recipient By Ayden Runnels, The Texas Tr...
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From left: Republican and Democratic nominees for Texas Railroad commissioner Bo French and Jon Rosenthal. French is a former Tarrant County GOP chairman; Rosenthal is a Houston-area state representative. Credit: Kaylee Greenlee and Lorianne Willett for The Texas Tribune By Carlo...
