Bowie County   Interstate 30 (I-30) – From Farm to Market road (FM) 989/Kings Highway to Arkansas state line, widening highway. Westbound lanes split. Left lane for thru traffic, no option to exit. Right lane for local traffic, can exit. Some westbound ramp closures. Lane shift at Exit 220 A/Interstate 369 south/U.S. Highway (U.S.) 59…

Friend, Welcome to your Friday Fiscal Note.   This week, we highlight an unfolding story surrounding a star Texas Tech quarterback, the problems caused by gambling addiction, the effect that gambling has on the integrity of sports, and why this saga perfectly demonstrates why Texas should resist predatory-gambling legalization, not lean into it. Plus, the city…

By Sneha Dey, The Texas Tribune May 8, 2026 Federal officials opened a civil rights investigation into the state-controlled Houston ISD over its plans to relocate students with disabilities, separating them from classmates. Some students with disabilities will be required to move campuses next school year where they will learn in a “contained” setting, Houston…

Complaint Seeks Transmission Competition Moratorium TEXAS – After their lobbyists could not convince the state legislature to enrich their CEO and shareholders with a state law to override federal competitive bidding requirements, a band of electricity utilities throughout the Midwest filed a complaint recently at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in Washington, DC to…

Mike Shipley ’26 finishes what he started and honors the woman who never let him forget he should On a Tuesday morning earlier this month, Mike Shipley ’26 sat down for an interview with AgriLife Today. He answered every question with the warmth and candor of someone who has lived a very full life, and…

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 Jonathan Hernandez who served in United States Air Force as a Combat Journalist. Born…

Statements from American Council of Learned Societies, American Historical Association, and Modern Language Association on the Ruling   May 8, 2026 – Yesterday afternoon US District Judge Colleen McMahon ruled that the mass termination by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) of more than 1,400 grants to support scholars, research institutions, and humanities organizations…

Renchie dedicated more than 32 years to advancing pest management educational programs across Texas Don Renchie, Ph.D., a longtime Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service educator and statewide leader in pesticide safety training and compliance education, died May 5, after serving AgriLife Extension for over 32 years. Don Renchie, Ph.D., served the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service for…

PLANO, Texas – A Mexican national, illegally living in Lewisville, has been arrested and charged following an assault on federal immigration officers in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs.   Jose Andres Hernandez Medina, 38, a Mexican national illegally living in the United States, was charged by complaint with assaulting…