America250 is excited to announce that Chris Stapleton and The Smashing Pumpkins will headline America250’s July 4th Concert at the LA Memorial Coliseum, hosted by Queen Latifah. As America marks its 250th anniversary, this landmark concert will celebrate Giving 4th, America250’s new national initiative calling on all Americans to add something new to their celebration:…

By Renzo Downey, The Texas Tribune June 15, 2026 HOUSTON — To some extent, Mohamed Hussein knew he was preparing to enter the lion’s den. But he made the decision to attend the Republican Party of Texas Convention to confirm for himself that he had a place in the GOP, even as members of the…

By Jessica Priest, Ayden Runnels and Alex Nguyen, The Texas Tribune June 11, 2026 Texas Tech University quarterback Brendan Sorsby will not play in the upcoming college football season, a school official said Monday, after the Big 12 Conference sued the university to keep Sorsby off the field amid concerns over improper betting. Texas Tech…

By Jessica Priest and Ayden Runnels, The Texas Tribune June 15, 2026 University of Texas at Austin leaders fired KUT General Manager Debbie Hiott on Monday, a little more than a month after she publicly challenged safety as the reason why much of the public radio station’s inaugural festival was forced off campus. Hiott’s firing…

By Carlos Nogueras Ramos, The Texas Tribune June 16, 2026 After a Republican primary that focused on fighting Sharia law and diversity policies, the general election for a seat on Texas’ oil and gas regulatory agency is shaping up as a partisan brawl with more talk of issues unrelated to its core functions. Bo French,…

By Paul Cobler and Jayme Lozano Carver, The Texas Tribune June 16, 2026 James Henderson was a teenager in 1971 when he had to treat animals for a type of white maggot that ate livestock from the inside out — the New World screwworm.  “It’s a horrible parasite, and it will eat that flesh very quickly,”…

(Washington, D.C., June 15, 2026) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins and U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon hosted several land-grant university leaders at USDA for a roundtable discussion and announced the opening of the FY2026 funding opportunity for the Research Facilities Act program. President Trump’s Working Families Tax Cuts provided $125 million…

By Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune April 20, 2026 Attorney General Ken Paxton must drop his lawsuit against ActBlue, the political donations platform primarily used by Democratic candidates, a Boston federal judge ruled Thursday in a decision that cited the Texas Republican’s “well-known history of filing retaliatory lawsuits.” ActBlue sued Paxton in early May, alleging…

Legacy of Texas is the official store of the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA).Especially Texan is a weekly dive into historical topics that make up the tapestry of Texas history. Especially Texan: Galveston County On June 19, 1865 (Juneteenth) Union major general Gordon Granger landed at Galveston, raised a flag symbolizing the restoration of Union…

June 15, 2026 AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) announces two leadership changes, which were confirmed by the Public Safety Commission (PSC) this week. The promotions are a result of the retirement of Infrastructure Operations Division (IOD) Chief Jason Hester, who retired after 28 years of dedicated service with the department. “Leadership transitions…