Texas Home Prices Increased in Most Markets in 2025, though the State Median Price Dropped 1.2% Home sales and active listings also went up in most metros, according to a Texas Realtors report March 9, 2026 — Austin Median prices rose in the majority of Texas metros in 2025 but declined in the four largest…

By Matthew Watkins, The Texas Tribune March 10, 2026   In this week’s episode of our podcast, we’re joined by Mark Davis, host of The Mark Davis Show in Dallas-Fort Worth, to discuss the U.S. Senate primary runoff. Will Donald Trump endorse? Will Ken Paxton stay in the race if Trump picks John Cornyn? And…

By Paul Cobler, The Texas Tribune March 10, 2026 ExxonMobil is poised to move its legal headquarters from New Jersey to Texas in search of a more friendly business environment, the company announced Tuesday morning. The board of directors for the largest U.S.-based oil producing company, which already runs its operations from the Houston suburb…

As of **March 10, 2026**, the Strait of Hormuz is in a state of **effective closure** for international commercial shipping. While no formal legal blockade has been declared, maritime traffic has collapsed by approximately **90%** following the military escalation between the U.S., Israel, and Iran that began on February 28. ### Current Maritime Status The…

By Paula Span March 10, 2026 The first call came just before Thanksgiving last year. She didn’t recognize the phone number, but she answered anyway. “The person said he was an officer of the Department of Criminal Investigations looking into drug trafficking and money laundering,” the woman recalled. He seemed to know a lot about…

USDA Launches ‘One Farmer, One File’ Initiative to Better Support Farmers Today at the Commodity Classic Convention in San Antonio, Texas, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced the “One Farmer, One File” modernization, another action putting Farmers First with sweeping technological improvements at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Through “One Farmer, One…

By Gabby Birenbaum, The Texas Tribune March 10, 2026 The hardline House Freedom Caucus is poised to swell its ranks among Texas members after a successful primary season in which two challengers backed by the group’s political arm won their primaries and a third candidate nearly won outright in a nine-way open race. Tuesday was…

By Berenice Garcia, The Texas Tribune March 9, 2026 RAYMONDVILLE — A McAllen family that includes two award-winning high school mariachi students who were invited to the White House were released from immigration detention Monday following mounting uproar over their detention last month. Antonio Gámez-Cuéllar, 18, walked out of the El Valle Detention Center in…

BEAUMONT, Texas – Four Houston criminal street gang members have been convicted of conspiracy and bank robbery in connection with a string of ATM robberies and “juggings” in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs. Charles Bernard Byrd, a/k/a “Doughboy,” 34, of Houston, was found guilty by a jury of conspiracy…

(AUSTIN) — Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock today said state sales tax revenue totaled $4 billion in February, 3.8 percent more than in February 2025. The majority of February sales tax revenue is based on sales made in January and remitted to the agency in February. “Texas continues to show steady economic momentum,” Hancock said. “Sales tax remains the…