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Violent Repeat Offender from Dallas Named September’s Featured Fugitive

September 3, 2026 AUSTIN – Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitive Anthony Dewayne Oliver, a violent repeat offender with a lengthy criminal history, is this month’s Featured Fugitive. The reward for information leading to his arrest is increased to $4,000 during September if the tip is received this month. Anthony Dewayne Oliver,64, of Dallas, has been wanted…

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The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas and Members Award $754K   to Texas Community Organizations

FHLB Dallas’ Partnership Grant Program Provides 5:1 Match of Members’ Donations   IRVING, TEXAS, September 3, 2026—Twenty-four Texas community-based organizations received a combined $754,250 from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas’ (FHLB Dallas) Partnership Grant Program (PGP), part of than $1.8 million awarded across FHLB Dallas’ five-state region. The Texas awards were celebrated today…

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Elon Musk’s super PAC starts spending to boost Ken Paxton in Texas

By Will Hammann, The Texas Tribune September 4, 2026 WASHINGTON — Elon Musk’s America PAC waded into Texas’ U.S. Senate race for the first time in recent days, dropping almost $250,000 to boost Attorney General Ken Paxton and attack his Democratic foe, state Rep. James Talarico. The spending, disclosed this week to the Federal Election…

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AG Ken Paxton hasn’t challenged the Trump administration over Texas’ $10-billion Medicaid cut even though he sued Biden

By Terri Langford, The Texas Tribune September 4, 2026 As Texas hospitals learned this week that the Trump administration was currently holding up their $10 billion in Medicaid payments, the state’s attorney general and U.S. Senate hopeful Ken Paxton was noticeably silent. Three years ago, Paxton’s office was quick to come to the state’s defense…

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After rescoring STAAR exams, 11 Texas districts seeing A-F grades improve

By Megan Menchaca, The Texas Tribune September 4, 2026 About a dozen districts will see a bump in school accountability ratings on Tuesday after a manual rescoring of thousands of STAAR tests improved some results. Texas Education Agency officials said Friday about 27,200 students received additional credit for their text responses to some questions on…

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Gilmer 54, Chapel Hill 31

By Joe Dodd CHAPEL HILL — For a little more than nine minutes Friday night, Gilmer’s second game of the season looked as though it might follow an uncomfortable path. Then, in a span of eight seconds, everything changed. Austin Blakeley returned an interception 62 yards for a touchdown. On Chapel Hill’s next snap, the…

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