Posted Friday, February 20, 2026 11:53 am We support strong trade enforcement to protect U.S. industries and U.S. jobs. Tariffs, however, are counterproductive and unnecessary. Their further implementation would result in the loss of thousands of jobs in the already-stressed U.S. publishing, printing and paper industries, leading to less quality journalism available to the American people.” Danielle Coffey,…

By Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune February 20, 2026 WASHINGTON — If Texans want to know who’s funding the deluge of ads in the final stretch of the U.S. Senate primaries, they’ll need to keep guessing. The race is awash with dark money, or contributions from political nonprofits that are not legally obligated to disclose donors,…

February 18, 2026 Dr. Chris McAllister, NTCC Biology, and Biol. 2389 students, Xenia Esparza, Estefani Garcia, Cecilia Phan, and José Fuentes traveled to the Ouachita Mountains Biological Station in Big Fork, Arkansas, Feb. 13-15, 2026 and conducted research on vertebrate parasites. Some noteworthy findings from the very cold spring-fed streams included a new myxosporean on…

February 18, 2026 Northeast Texas Community College will offer its Teen Driver’s Education program beginning March 23, providing students with a comprehensive and accessible driver training option close to home. Classes will meet Monday through Thursday from 5 to 7 p.m. The program includes four weeks of classroom instruction followed by four weeks of behind-the-wheel…

AUSTIN, Texas— Today, Texas Land Commissioner and Veterans Land Board (VLB) Chairwoman Dawn Buckingham, M.D., is proud to introduce the next installment of the series highlighting the VLB’s Voices of Veterans oral history program. This week, we highlight the service of Sergeant (Sgt.) Ben Carter who served in the U.S. Army during WWII at Saipan…

By Julie Appleby, KFF Health News February 20, 2026 Subsidies. Love ’em or hate them, they dominated the news during the Affordable Care Act’s sign-up season, and their reduction is now hitting many enrollees in the pocketbook. While lawmakers continue to disagree on a way forward, and the politics of affordability keeps the issue front…

By Berenice Garcia, The Texas Tribune February 19, 2026 McALLEN — Republicans and Democrats are fighting over South Texas, one of the conservative state’s few political battlegrounds. The newest front is Texas’ House District 41. Republicans hope to build on the gains they made in the 2024 election, in which the Rio Grande Valley — long…

By Jessica Priest, The Texas Tribune February 19, 2026 The University of Texas System’s Board of Regents unanimously approved Thursday a rule requiring its universities to ensure students can graduate without studying “unnecessary controversial subjects,” despite warnings it could leave them less prepared for the real world. The rule also requires faculty to disclose in…

By Brandon Mulder, The Texas Tribune February 20, 2026 Brandon Mulder is a journalism fellow at the University of Texas Energy Institute. Texas oil refiners could soon have a stronger appetite for Venezuelan oil thanks to decreasing crude imports from Mexico as the Trump administration seeks to open Venezuela’s energy sector to U.S. companies. Refiners…