By Ayden Runnels, The Texas Tribune November 12, 2025 Former state Rep. Chris Paddie, R-Marshall, was fined $105,500 for violating a revolving door lobbying law designed to prevent legislators from becoming lobbyists immediately after leaving office, according to an order from the Texas Ethics Commission. A state law passed in 2019 forbids former elected officials…

Ceremony held at Mother Frances Hospital to recognize the achievement (EAST TEXAS) – CHRISTUS Health is proud to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Flight for Life, its trusted air medical transport service dedicated to saving lives across the region. Established in 1985, CHRISTUS Flight for Life is a cornerstone of the region’s emergency response system.…

$1.9 billion raised during silent phase for campaign signature priorities   HOUSTON, NOV. 12, 2025 ― The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center today launches its historic $2.5 billion comprehensive philanthropic campaign, Only Possible Here, The Campaign to End Cancer. The campaign represents the largest fundraising effort in MD Anderson’s 84-year history, bringing together philanthropic support…

INDIANAPOLIS (Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025/National FFA Organization) – Seven winners of the 2025 National FFA Agricultural Proficiency Awards were named during the second session of the 98th National FFA Convention & Expo on Thursday, Oct. 30, which is being held in Indianapolis. Agricultural proficiency awards honor FFA members who, through Supervised Agricultural Experiences (SAEs), have developed…

Fort Worth, Texas — The Lone Star State took center stage in conservation in October as Texas hosted the 2025 Joint National Meeting of the National Association of State Conservation Agencies (NASCA) and the National Watershed Coalition (NWC) in Fort Worth. The multi-day event drew over 230 conservation professionals, agency directors, watershed sponsors, and partners from…

DALLAS, TEXAS (November 12, 2025) – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a final rule approving the State of Texas’ request to administer permitting for Class VI underground injection wells under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). With this approval, Texas will implement Underground Injection Control (UIC) programs covering all well-types (Class I-VI), allowing…

By Paula Span and Oona Zenda November 12, 2025 For years, the two patients had come to the Penn Memory Center at the University of Pennsylvania, where doctors and researchers follow people with cognitive impairment as they age, as well as a group with normal cognition. Both patients, a man and a woman, had agreed…

by Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune November 12, 2025 Tarrant County GOP Chair Bo French announced on Wednesday that he is running for a seat on the Texas Railroad Commission, the regulatory state agency that oversees Texas’ oil and gas industry. French said he had resigned from his post leading the Republican Party in Texas’…