DENTON, Texas – FEMA Region 6 announced $206.3 million in funding to support recovery for past disasters in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas for Public Assistance projects. Through Public Assistance, FEMA empowers state and local communities to recover following a major disaster, including debris removal, emergency protective measures and the repair or replacement…

PLANO, Texas – Eastern District of Texas U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs joins the Department of Justice’s Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) and the Executive Office for the United States Attorneys (EOUSA) in observing National Crime Victims’ Rights Week. This year’s theme is “Listen. Act. Advocate. Protect victims, serve communities.”   “Firearms are a staple in…

By Uriel J. García and Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune April 23, 2026 The U.S. government detained and deported a 25-year-old man who says he’s a U.S. citizen to Mexico earlier this month, after police stopped the vehicle he was riding in near Fredericksburg, then called immigration authorities when he couldn’t immediately provide identification or…

By Ayden Runnels, The Texas Tribune April 24, 2026 Every Thursday at 9 a.m. when the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals publishes its orders and opinions online, Melissa Lucio’s family, supporters and lawyers scan the court’s website for the death row inmate’s name. Caught between freedom and a potential execution for the last two years,…

TribCast: Greg Abbott battles cities over working with ICE by Matthew Watkins, The Texas Tribune April 23, 2026 Gov. Greg Abbott’s office has threatened to cut state funding to three of Texas’ largest cities if they don’t fail to fully cooperate with federal immigration enforcement. This is the latest in a long-running feud between the…

By Alex Nguyen, The Texas Tribune April 23, 2026 Dallas on Thursday removed its ban on police officers prolonging a person’s detention during encounters like traffic stops to hold them for Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents. It is the second city in Texas to revise its policy on local law enforcement’s cooperation with federal immigration…

By Jess Huff, The Texas Tribune April 23, 2026 CHIRENO — Every day, Courtney Bush has to figure out who can pick up her kids. It’s not an easy decision, even after wrestling with it for years.  With no child care options or after-school programs in her rural East Texas town, Bush sometimes leaves work…

By Jess Huff, The Texas Tribune April 23, 2026 CHIRENO — Every day, Courtney Bush has to figure out who can pick up her kids. It’s not an easy decision, even after wrestling with it for years.  With no child care options or after-school programs in her rural East Texas town, Bush sometimes leaves work…

TYLER, Texas – A national of Côte d’Ivoire has been extradited to the United States to face charges in the Eastern District of Texas related to a $14 million fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs.   Christian Marviv Ble, 39, was indicted by a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Texas…

Half of metros had decreased sales, half increased, according to a Texas Realtors report April 22, 2026 — Austin Texas metros were evenly divided, half with increases and half with decreases in closed sales in the first quarter of this year, according to the 2026 Q1 Texas Quarterly Housing Report released today by Texas Realtors. Statewide, there…