By Gabby Birenbaum, The Texas Tribune February 28, 2026 WASHINGTON — Tuesday’s Texas Senate Republican primary will provide the first glimpse of where voters stand after nearly a year of bitter competition and over $95 million spent in a contest between towering figures in Texas — and national — politics. U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, Attorney…

By Colleen DeGuzman and Alex Nguyen, The Texas Tribune March 1, 2026 Texas elected officials and candidates’ response to the deadly shooting in downtown Austin on Sunday quickly turned political, as Republicans sharply criticized the country’s naturalization process and Democrats called for stricter gun reform laws. Republicans’ rebukes of the immigration system came after media…

By Jaden Edison, The Texas Tribune March 2, 2026 Given an opportunity by the Texas Legislature to set aside time each day for students and staff to pray, most school districts appear to have declined the offer. Senate Bill 11 required Texas school boards to decide by March 1 whether to provide a daily devotional…

By Jess Huff, The Texas Tribune March 2, 2026 LUFKIN — Tuesday’s Republican primary election marks a new era for East Texas, as several of the powerhouses who have long championed the region at the Capitol won’t appear on the ballot for the first time in decades. State Sen. Robert Nichols and Reps. Dade Phelan…

MARCH/APRIL 2026 eEDITION Open or download the entire PDF to read at your leisure. COUNTY LINE WEBSITE Read articles on the home page and throughout the site. Find 300 images and information on the best of the region in the book Upper East Side of Texas, Small Towns & Cultural Districts, a beautiful coffee table…

Bt Phil Galewitz, KFF Health News March 2, 2026 Star Quinn moved to Kingsport, Tennessee, in 2023, the same year the state began covering dental costs for about 600,000 low-income adults enrolled in Medicaid. But when Quinn chipped a tooth and it became infected, she could not find a dentist near her home who would…

By Doug Bock Clark February 28, 2026, 5:30 am Several high-ranking federal election officials attended a summit last week at which prominent figures who worked to overturn Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election pressed the president to declare a national emergency to take over this year’s midterms. According to videos, photos and social media…

By Alex Nguyen, The Texas Tribune March 1, 2026 At least three people — including the suspected gunman — are dead following a shooting early Sunday in downtown Austin, officials said. Fourteen others were injured. The first call about the shooting at Buford’s, a popular beer garden, came in at 1:59 a.m. Paramedics and police…

February 26, 2026 By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director The recently premiered Honors Northeast/Walter Prescott Webb Society film, Chicano Thermidor: Art and Identity in San Antonio, 1970-1995 is now in the public domain:  Click here to view film The premiere, last Friday evening at the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts at NTCC, showcased the…