AAA Texas: Pump Prices Keep Climbing as Crude Oil Remains High
The statewide gas price average in Texas is $3.87 per gallon for regular unleaded fuel, according to the AAA Texas Weekend Gas Watch. That price is seven cents more when compared to this day last week and is $1.04 more per gallon compared to this day last year. Of the major metropolitan areas surveyed in Texas,…
Read MoreTexas ‘green industry’ shifts to steady, sustainable growth following COVID-era boom
Texas Crop and Weather Report Texas ornamental horticulture remains a national leader with positive prospects for both industry producers and consumers despite increased input costs and intermittent supply chain disruptions, according to Texas A&M AgriLife experts. Texas ornamental horticulture remains a national leader with positive prospects for both industry producers and consumers. (Michael Miller/Texas A&M AgriLife) Also…
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Record oil production in West Texas helps stabilize U.S. supply amid Iran war
By Carlos Nogueras Ramos, The Texas Tribune April 9, 2026 ODESSA — Texas produced nearly half of all U.S. oil last year despite having drilled fewer new oil wells in 2025, a trend that analysts and industry groups said is possible due to the state’s geological makeup, a network of pipelines and transportation, and the…
Read MoreIn South Texas, “quinceañera” dig becomes campaign fuel for Tejano musician Bobby Pulido
By Olivia Borgula, The Texas Tribune April 9, 2026 Jimena Sáenz’s glittery blue quinceañera gown caught the light and sparkled as she swayed to the Tejano music flowing through the Edinburg event center last month. Her friends and family formed a circle around her, some mouthing lyrics as they filmed on their phones and danced…
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Texas summer camps sue to block new internet rule, saying it threatens their ability to operate
By Emily Foxhall, The Texas Tribune April 8, 2026 Nineteen camps in Texas have filed a lawsuit seeking to invalidate a new state requirement for them to install “end-to-end fiber optic facilities” in order to operate this summer. The requirement that the camps install fiber optic internet does not make their properties safer, violates the…
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Texas expected to pay $700 million in penalties to the feds for SNAP errors by 2027
By Terri Langford, The Texas Tribune April 8, 2026 New Trump administration rules designed to cut waste in the nation’s food stamp program means Texas taxpayers will have to pay the federal government $700 million more each year to participate, state officials told lawmakers on Wednesday. Texas Health and Human Services officials disclosed the cost…
Read MoreDemocrats seek to pause Texas’ social studies revamp over $70K grant from conservative think tank
By Jaden Edison, The Texas Tribune April 8, 2026 Democrats on the State Board of Education want to pause Texas’ overhaul of its social studies curriculum after finding out that the university department of a historian advising the group received a financial contribution from an influential conservative think tank. In a letter provided to The…
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