May 28, 2026 Hurricane season starts June 1. You’ve mapped out an evacuation route, but have you reviewed your insurance coverage to make sure your family would be protected after a storm? Check these coverages: Wind insurance. Many home insurance policies don’t cover wind and hail damage if you live along the Gulf Coast. Consider…

By Jessica Priest, The Texas Tribune May 27, 2026 Gov. Greg Abbott reminded Texas colleges: Do not raise undergraduate tuition or fees next year. In a letter sent Wednesday to public college and university presidents, Abbott noted that his previous directive remains “fully in effect” and that no undergraduate tuition and fees should increase for…

By Gabby Birenbaum, The Texas Tribune May 27, 2026 Throughout the primary between Sen. John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton, especially in the final weeks, Paxton found himself on the receiving end of ads and missives bashing him as incompetent, corrupt and adulterous. Those attacks didn’t come from Democratic nominee James Talarico. The calls…

By Kayla Guo, The Texas Tribune May 27, 2026 With Attorney General Ken Paxton clinching the Republican U.S. Senate nomination, the general election has officially begun — and both sides are moving rapidly to establish their pitch to voters. The moment the Republican runoff was called Tuesday night, state Rep. James Talarico, the Democratic nominee…

View in Browser       Unsubscribe Behind the Issue KENNY BRAUN Find Your Beach As Lyle Lovett sings, when you think of water in Texas, you likely think first of our rivers. But there’s much more water to behold around the state. Texas has one of the longest coastlines in the country, with 367 miles made up of…

“The path toward turning Texas blue will not come from cautious establishment politics disconnected from what people are experiencing in their daily lives,” – Joseph Geeveraghese, Executive Director of Our Revolution Austin, TX — Our Revolution, the nation’s largest independent political organizing group founded by Sen. Bernie Sanders, is applauding Vikki Goodwin’s victory in the…

by Vivian Medina, TJC Marketing and Communications On weekends, country artist Chris Colston stands beneath concert lights across Texas, guitar in hand, sharing stages with artists including Lynyrd Skynyrd, Gary Allan and Cody Johnson. But, during the week, Colston has been trading his guitar for a laptop as he earned a degree from Tyler Junior…

The National Organic Program (NOP) is introducing the Organic Insider: Oversight and Enforcement Update, a new, periodic update that highlights NOP’s work in these areas. This edition presents import data from the first full calendar year of the implementation of the Strengthening Organic Enforcement (SOE) Final Rule, along with an example of how NOP has used that data to prevent…

AUSTIN—Texans will soon have a new place to explore the beauty of the Hill Country thanks to the acquisition of almost 54,000-acres in Edwards and Kinney counties. The property, which will become Silver Lake State Park, is Texas’ second largest state park behind Big Bend Ranch. “The opportunities to explore nature’s wonders are truly bigger…