Texas’ 9th Congressional District GOP runoff: Who is running and what to know
By Kayla Guo, The Texas Tribune May 5, 2026 Former Harris County judge candidate Alex Mealer and state Rep. Briscoe Cain are facing off in the Republican runoff for Texas’ 9th Congressional District, a newly drawn red-leaning seat in east Harris County that includes some of the state’s major industry powerhouses. Mealer and Cain finished…
Read MoreVoting Rights Act ruling could change representation on city councils, school boards across Texas
By Natalia Contreras, The Texas Tribune May 5, 2026 This coverage is made possible through Votebeat, a nonpartisan news organization covering local election administration and voting access. Sign up for Votebeat Texas’ free newsletters here. Guillermo Ramos remembers seeing few elected leaders who looked like him while he was growing up in the 1980s in…
Read MoreKen Paxton narrowly leads John Cornyn in new poll of Texas’ Senate GOP runoff
By Gabby Birenbaum and Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune May 5, 2026 Attorney General Ken Paxton leads Sen. John Cornyn by three percentage points in a new poll of Texas’ U.S. Senate Republican runoff, suggesting the May 26 contest will be narrowly decided absent a shakeup in the final weeks. The statewide survey, conducted by…
Read MoreSBA Dallas Fort Worth District Office Announces Local Honorees for National Small Business Week 2026
Dallas, Texas — The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Dallas Fort Worth District Office announced local honorees for National Small Business Week(NSBW), which will take place this year from May 3 – 9, 2026. Each year during NSBW, the SBA recognizes exceptional small businesses across all 50 states, as well as U.S. districts and territories.…
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82nd Airborne Division Ready to Respond, Support Project Freedom, Caine Says
View Online May 5, 2026 | By David Vergun When the president or the secretary of war needs immediate, scalable and lethal combat power anywhere in the world, 82nd Airborne Division paratroopers answer the call, Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said today during a Pentagon press briefing. Caine…
Read MoreTexas Advances TEFA Rollout with more than 50,000 New Awards for Low-Income Families
DALLAS, Texas —The American Federation for Children (AFC) today celebrates with more than 50,000 low-income Texas families receiving Texas Education Freedom Account (TEFA) program award notifications. This marks a critical next step in distributing TEFA awards to families across the state and establishes a waitlist for remaining applicants. This week’s new wave of awards for…
Read MoreThe Stamp Out Hunger® Food Drive
The National Association of Letter Carriers conducting nation’s largest single-day food drive Saturday, May 9 TEXAS — Saturday, May 9th marks the 34th anniversary of the largest one-day food drive in the nation – the National Association of Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger® Food Drive. Letter Carriers are in the communities they serve every day…
Read MoreRule that lets Texans obtain out-of-state abortion pills can continue for now, Supreme Court says
By Ayden Runnels and Terri Langford, The Texas Tribune May 1, 2026 The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday temporarily blocked an appeals court decision to limit nationwide access to the abortion drug mifepristone. Justice Samuel Alito, issued the hold to give the court more time to consider the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision…
Read MoreHow the Voting Rights Act reshaped Texas’ electoral maps by empowering voters, candidates of color
By Eleanor Klibanoff and Gabby Birenbaum, The Texas Tribune May 4, 2026 In 2002, U.S. Rep. Henry Bonilla, a Republican, nearly lost his South Texas seat to Democrat Henry Cuellar. So when the GOP used its newfound majority in the state Legislature to redraw the voting maps the next year, they sawed through Cuellar’s hometown…
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