Barely started down the path toward the first elections conducted under voting restrictions enacted last year by Republican lawmakers, Texas voters and local election officials have found themselves enveloped in a fog of errors, delays and miscommunications as they navigate new rules for casting votes by mail. Only a small slice of the state’s electorate
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EL PASO, Texas — If you are disabled and need your Covid-19 vaccine there is an easier option to lines. Disability Rights of Texas is an organization that can help you get your vaccine if you cannot make it to one of the sites. Executive director, Mary Faithfull, says the organization’s mission is to “protect
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SIERRA BLANCA, Texas – ABC-7 Sunday Xtra travels to Hudspeth County, where officials report a significant spike in the number of migrant bodies turning up in the county’s mountains. Before 2019, sheriff’s deputies and Border Patrol reported discovering between two and three bodies a year. Now they are finding more than 20 bodies every year.
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HOUSTON, Texas – The family of Venessa Guillén gathered in Houston Thursday to celebrate the passage of the federal and state legislation to combat sexual assault in the armed forces. Guillén was a Fort Hood Army specialist who disappeared in April 2020. Her remains were found along the Leon River in late June that year.
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By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Over the furious dissent of three liberal justices, the Supreme Court on Thursday rejected another attempt by abortion providers to block Texas’ six-week abortion ban. The court’s order is the latest setback for providers who are trying to revive challenges to the law five months after it
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compiled a list of the cities in Texas with the most living in poverty according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Continue Reading By Daniella Diaz and Evan Perez, CNN The Federal Bureau of Investigation said in a statement Wednesday evening that it is doing a “court-authorized” search of the Texas home of Rep. Henry Cuellar. “The FBI was present in the vicinity of Windridge Drive and Estate Drive in Laredo conducting court-authorized law enforcement activity,” the FBI
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By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Money is pouring fast into the Texas governor’s race headlined by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and Democrat Beto O’Rourke. Both reported massive early fundraising hauls Monday that puts the campaign on an accelerated track to become one of the nation’s most expensive in 2022. O’Rourke
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EL PASO, Texas — Texas now has a new law which properly defines and mandates how unattended dogs can be kept outside. The Safe Outdoor Dogs Act or SB5 officially went into effect Tuesday. It was signed by Governor Greg Abbott last October. The act bans the use of heavy chains for tethering which can
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EL PASO, Texas– After the hostage situation in Colleyville came to an end, the Jewish community in El Paso and across the world remained on edge. The City of El Paso released a statement Sunday morning stating that officers are ready and available to respond to houses of worship in the event of an emergency.
Continue Reading Two law enforcement officials said investigators believe the hostage taker at a Colleyville, Texas, synagogue may have been motivated by a desire to free Aafia Siddiqui, who is serving an 86-year sentence at a federal prison in Texas after being convicted of trying to kill Americans overseas.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A district attorney says Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton violated the state’s open records laws by withholding or failing to retain his communications relating to his appearance at a pro-Donald Trump rally that preceded the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol last year. The Austin-based Travis County district attorney’s office told
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EL PASO, Texas — Grocery stores are having a difficult time keeping their shelves fully stocked for customers, but it is not because of panic buying. Gary Huddleston, a grocery industry consultant from the Texas Retailers Association, said the empty shelves could be attributed to three problems. During the pandemic, companies have had a difficult
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SOCORRO, Texas – The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded a $750,000 grant from their Humanities in Place Program to support a Bracero Museum and Rio Vista Connections Tour at Rio Vista Farm in Socorro. Rio Vista is regarded as being nationally significant for its contributions to the Bracero Program, which was in place from 1942
Continue Reading AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas wants Planned Parenthood to return more than $10 million in payments for low-income patients. The lawsuit filed by Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday comes years after Republican leaders moved to cut off Medicaid dollars to the abortion provider. The money Texas is seeking to recoup from Planned Parenthood
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Stacker compiled a list of highest rated beer in Texas using BeerAdvocate.
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As greater numbers of Texas voters sour on harsh punishment for marijuana offenses, Austin voters will likely decide in May whether to effectively decriminalize the drug. The ballot measure, pushed by the group Ground Game Texas, would forbid Austin police officers in most cases from ticketing or arresting people on low-level pot charges like possessing
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Stacker investigated cities with the most green space per capita in Texas using data from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.
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Stacker investigated toxic release sites in Texas history using data from the EPA Toxic Release Inventory and the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Reports that Texas National Guard soldiers deployed to Gov. Greg Abbott’s highly touted border security mission are experiencing pay delays and poor working conditions — and that some have recently died by suicide — are drawing concern from state lawmakers. Over the past three months, the Army Times has chronicled habitual pay problems for soldiers
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Stacker compiled a list of the best school districts in Texas using rankings from Niche.
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During Texas’ first strong cold front of the winter this past weekend, natural gas production in the state’s top energy-producing region dropped by about 25%, according to a report from S&P Global. And while the lights largely stayed on across the state, the gas system’s performance during a brief cold snap raised more questions about
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Whataburger introduced a new spicy ketchup Monday that will be available only for a limited time. The all-new “Spicy Ketchup Limited Batch #2” contains hot sauce. “This one is made with hot sauce, giving it a little extra ziiiiing,” according to a Whataburger response tweet. The Texas-based burger chain had been hinting
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By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Abortion providers on Monday asked the Supreme Court to require a conservative federal appeals court to return their challenge to Texas’ six-week abortion ban to a district court judge who previously ruled in their favor. The long-shot bid on the part of the providers is their latest
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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is quarantining after testing positive for COVID-19 last week, his campaign said Monday. In a short news release, Patrick senior adviser Allen Blakemore said the lieutenant governor experienced mild symptoms and tested positive for the virus last week but has subsequently tested negative and is completing his quarantine period. “His symptoms
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At a crowded rally in downtown Austin, Beto O’Rourke ticked off his usual laundry list of campaign promises: stabilizing the power grid, rolling back the state’s new permitless carry law and expanding health care access. But the El Paso Democrat got some of the loudest cheers of the night when he promised to legalize marijuana
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ARLINGTON, Texas — There have been times this season where the Dallas Cowboys looked good enough, played well enough and looked complete enough to convince many to believe that this team might be different. Different from the last 26 teams who have donned the star and failed repeatedly to reach the promised land of a
Continue Reading By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Al Walcott set a Sugar Bowl record with a 96-yard interception return, Monaray Baldwin raced 48 yards for the go-ahead score on an end around, and sixth-ranked Baylor beat No. 8 Mississippi 21-7 as injured Rebels quarterback Matt Corral looked on from the sideline. Abram
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DALLAS, Texas — FC Dallas and United States international forward Ricardo Pepi, an El Paso native, is close to finalizing a deal that would see him land with Bundesliga side FC Augsburg, sources confirmed to ESPN. Fabrizio Romano and 90min were the first to report the impending deal. The sources said that if the deal is completed, the transfer fee would be in the
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UPDATE, Jan. 1: FORT HANCOCK, Texas — State troopers on Saturday said an 18-wheeler traveling at an unsafe speed along a rainy Interstate 10 in Hudspeth County was responsible for triggering a crash with a recreational vehicle that killed an El Paso man and left 10 others hospitalized. The semi-truck driver lost control on the
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