U.S. Border Patrol announced this week that it has apprehended more than 5,000 individuals labeled as “criminal aliens” during Fiscal Year 2025. The agency’s public statement broke down only a small portion of the offenses—listing […]
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DART Offering Free Rides to Voters on May 3
Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) will offer free rides to polling locations within its service area on Saturday, May 3, to support voter participation. Voters can ride at no charge on DART buses, trains, GoLink, […]
Trump Says He’s ‘Not Joking’ About Possible Third Term, Raising Eyebrows Over Constitutional Limits
Editor’s note: That image is not a joke — it appears on the actual White House homepage as of publication. President Trump said Sunday he’s “not joking” about the possibility of a third term — […]
Governor Abbott Meets NASA Leaders During Space Day at Texas Capitol
Governor Greg Abbott welcomed directors from NASA’s Johnson Space Center and astronaut Reid Wiseman to the Texas Capitol this week as part of Space Day events in Austin. The meeting highlighted Texas’s growing role in […]
Texas Senate advances school prayer, Ten Commandment bills
By Robert Downen and Pavan Acharya, The Texas TribuneMarch 4, 2025 The Texas Senate on Tuesday advanced bills that would require public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments and allow districts to provide students […]
Amanda Edwards to run to succeed the late-U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner
Houston City Councilwoman and U.S. Senate candidate Amanda Edwards outside of 919 Congress Avenue in Austin on Feb. 7, 2020. (Credit: Angela Piazza for The Texas Tribune) By Matthew Choi and Renzo Downey, The Texas Tribune […]
Community Rallies Behind Publisher Arrested in Jeff Davis County
Support continues to build for David Flash, publisher of Big Bend Times and Texas Reporter, following his politically charged arrest in Jeff Davis County. Flash, a longtime critic of county officials, contends that the charges […]
Newly Released Video Shows DPS Harassment Over Legal Filming
A newly released video from a 2016 encounter with the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) reveals the unnecessary escalation and harassment of a journalist for legally filming outside a government building in Austin. The […]
Texas DPS Officers Association Promotes Controversial “Mess Around and Find Out” Challenge Coin on Social Media
The Texas Department of Public Safety Officers Association (DPSOA) is facing scrutiny after promoting a new challenge coin featuring an aggressively armed bear in a DPS uniform alongside the phrase “mess around and find out.” […]
Eagle Pass Residents Demand Return of Shelby Park as Operation Lone Star Occupation Persists
Residents of Eagle Pass are urging Texas Governor Greg Abbott to return Shelby Park, a city-owned recreational area, to local control as border crossings at the United States-Mexico border reach their lowest levels since 2019. […]
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