By Joshua Fechter, The Texas Tribune March 6, 2026 In 2020, Raysall Wiggins decided she no longer wanted to rent a home in the Houston neighborhood where she grew up. She wanted to buy. “I wanted to have something of my own, something that I could eventually pass down to my children,” said Wiggins, who…

The Texas Commission on the Arts and the Texas Cultural Trust Award Grants to Outstanding Student Artists AUSTIN, Texas – March 5, 2026 – The Texas Commission on the Arts (TCA) and the Texas Cultural Trust (TXCT) are proud to announce the 2026 class of Young Masters. Young Masters is a grant program that provides exemplary students in grades 8-11 with financial support to pursue advanced study…

Local roots run deep for state’s largest blood program  BEDFORD, TEXAS (March 5, 2026) – For 75 years, Carter BloodCare has been on a mission to save lives by making transfusion possible. On March 6, 1951, J.K. and Susie Wadley chartered the nonprofit Wadley Research Institute and Blood Bank in Dallas, the genesis of Carter…

With fresh reporting that the ongoing US assault on Iran could be costing $1 billion per day in taxpayer money, opposition lawmakers, candidates for office, and outside critics are ripping the Trump administration and his allies in Congress for the financial recklessness of the unlawful and unprovoked attack on the Iranian people. Read more: While…

Executive Summary The modern world order, having organized itself around efficiency, cost minimization, and logistical precision, has created a machinery of dependence so extreme that the interruption of one narrow corridor can propagate outward into a general crisis of civilization. What appears at first as a maritime blockade is in fact the exposure of the…

By Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune March 5, 2026 U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson and the chamber’s Republican leadership on Thursday asked Rep. Tony Gonzales of San Antonio to drop his reelection bid which is headed for a May 26 runoff against gun activist Brandon Herrera. The call from the GOP leaders comes a day…

By Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune March 5, 2026 Attorney General Ken Paxton said Thursday he would consider dropping out of the U.S. Senate race if Senate GOP leaders agreed to abolish the filibuster and pass a priority piece of legislation for President Donald Trump. Paxton made the statement in a social media post that…

Full Speaker and Panelist Schedule Released AUSTIN, TX | March 5, 2026 – The Texas Healthcare & Bioscience Institute (THBI), the statewide public policy voice of the healthcare and bioscience industry, is proud to announce the final schedule for the 2026 Texas Life Sciences Summit, taking place March 31–April 1 in Austin, Texas. Headlining the…