By Will Hammann, The Texas Tribune September 15, 2026 First-term U.S. Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Flower Mound, is seeking to become the top Republican on an influential oversight committee, a key position another Texan also has in mind. The youngest Republican in the House, GIll has risen fast, drawing praise from senior colleagues and building a…

This article was originally published by Votebeat, a nonprofit news organization covering local election administration and voting access. By Natalia Contreras, Votebeat Sep 15, 2026 at 7:35pm EDT Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat Texas’ free newsletter here. State and federal…

By Ayden Runnels, The Texas Tribune September 16, 2026 LeJames Norman, one of two men sentenced to death for killing three people in a robbery, is scheduled to be executed Wednesday barring a final reprieve from the U.S. Supreme Court. In 2005, Norman and Ker’sean Olajuwa Ramey broke into a neighbor’s home in Edna intending…

By Paul Cobler, The Texas Tribune September 15, 2026 The president and CEO of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas secured approval for a contract Tuesday that documents suggested could pay up to $6.4 million next year. But after Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick publicly criticized the move, Pablo Vegas told The Texas Tribune that the…

John Whitehead’s Commentary By John & Nisha Whitehead September 15, 2026 “What if the rights and principles guaranteed in the Constitution have been so distorted in the past 200 years as to be unrecognizable by the Founders? What if the government was the reason we don’t have a Constitution anymore? What if freedom’s greatest hour of…

Millions of lawfully present immigrants are set to lose health care under the GOP’s changes. Millions more U.S. citizens will join them. By Ramya Gosike | September 16, 2026 The cost of health care just keeps going up — and millions of Americans are set to lose coverage. Under the GOP’s so-called “Big Beautiful Bill,”…

SHERMAN, Texas – A Mozambican has been sentenced to over 11 years in federal prison as part of a Homeland Security Task Force investigation for a money laundering conspiracy in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs.   Norolamin Gulam, 53, a national of Mozambique living in Portugal, pleaded guilty to…

WINNSBORO, Texas — Winnsboro Live! returns Saturday, September 19, with a free outdoor concert on the Bowery headlined by the Darrin Morris Band. And in a first for downtown Winnsboro, before the music starts, the City will raise a toast on the Bowery to celebrate the grand opening of the new Winnsboro Social District. The…