SAU Dean’s List Fall 2025
MAGNOLIA, AR (02/04/2026)– Southern Arkansas University has announced that 638 students earned a 3.5 GPA or higher for the fall 2025 semester and have been named to its Dean’s List. William Connor Ballew is a senior Performing Arts: Music with Studies in Business major from Gilmer, TX. Rylee Paige Murphy is a freshman Criminal Justice…
Read MoreDespite court win, Texas dementia fund still paused from going into effect
By Terri Langford, The Texas Tribune February 4, 2026 A Travis County judge on Wednesday ruled against two voters trying to challenge a new $3 billion dementia research fund, which still can’t go into effect despite Texas voters overwhelmingly approving it last November. It is unclear if the plaintiffs Shannon Huggins and Jose Silvester will…
Read MoreOn the issues: a Q&A with the Texas Republicans running for U.S. Senate
By Gabby Birenbaum and Kayla Guo, The Texas Tribune February 5, 2026 Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. This is one of a four-part series of surveys featuring candidates in the Democratic and Republican primaries for U.S. Senate and…
Read MoreBriscoe Cain, Alex Mealer lead crowded pack vying for Houston’s new red congressional district
By Gabby Birenbaum, The Texas Tribune February 5, 2026 State Rep. Briscoe Cain and former Harris County judge candidate Alex Mealer are the frontrunners for a newly drawn Republican-leaning congressional seat in east Harris County that contains some of Texas’ biggest economic engines. Cain, who has represented part of the area in the Texas House…
Read MoreVideo: Gilmer faces one of East Texas’ toughest 2026 schedules as Buckeyes look to rebound
Texas AG sues Bexar County over legal aid for undocumented immigrants
By Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune November 11, 2025 Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Bexar County on Wednesday to shut down a program that uses county funds to help undocumented people access legal support. In December, a judge rejected a similar lawsuit Paxton’s office filed against Harris County. Bexar County, home to San Antonio, allocated…
Read MoreTexas law barring state investment in firms boycotting fossil fuels declared unconstitutional
By Ayden Runnels, The Texas Tribune February 4, 2026 A federal district judge on Wednesday declared a 2021 law restricting state investments in companies boycotting the fossil fuel industry unconstitutional, calling it “facially overbroad” and citing First and Fourteenth Amendment concerns. Legislators passed Senate Bill 13 as a way of discouraging divestment from oil and…
Read MoreFired after gender identity lesson, professor sues Texas A&M, arguing her free speech rights were violated
By Jessica Priest, The Texas Tribune February 4, 2026 Months after Texas A&M fired a professor over a gender identity lesson, she is suing the university, alleging administrators knowingly violated her free speech and due process rights to appease political critics. In a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday in Houston, former A&M lecturer Melissa McCoul added…
Read MoreTexas School Choice Program Launch Shatters Records
Dallas, TX - Texans made their enthusiasm for school choice crystal clear Wednesday when they turned out in force to apply for the Texas Education Freedom Accounts (TEFA) program. More than 35,000 applications were submitted by Wednesday evening, making it the largest day-one school choice program launch to date. Thousands of applications poured in within an hour of the TEFA…
Read MoreKilgore College to host 63rd annual East Texas Regional Science Fair Feb. 6
Kilgore College will host the 63rd annual East Texas Regional Science Fair on Friday, Feb. 6, showcasing local science fair winners from area schools in grades 6-12 who have been invited to compete. Science projects will be available for public viewing from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Middle school projects will be displayed on the pickleball…
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