May 22, 2026 AUSTIN — Texas oil and gas regulator Wayne Christian today applauded the reported $4 billion federal oil and gas lease sale in Texas and New Mexico, the largest onshore federal oil and gas lease sale in U.S. history. Christian emphasized that the record-setting sale reflects the results of the streamlined, cooperative federal…

On July 4, 1776, while Thomas Jefferson’s words were being read aloud in Philadelphia to a crowd of colonists electrified by the notion of self-governance, the piney woods and river bottoms of what is now Northeast Texas were home to a world that had existed for centuries — a world whose rhythms were shaped by…

Trump’s tariff refunds are going to corporations — not the consumers who got stuck with the higher prices. By Alex Jacquez | May 20, 2026 The Trump administration collected $166 billion in tariff payments before the Supreme Court struck them down. Refunds have already started hitting the bank accounts of U.S. importers — and more…

May 22, 2026 AUSTIN ⎯ Texas reached a total of 14,394,300 nonfarm jobs after adding 300 positions in April. Over the year, the state added 82,400 jobs for an annual nonfarm growth rate of 0.6 percent, outpacing the national growth rate by 0.4 percentage points. Texas’ civilian labor force registered at 15,894,800 after decreasing by…

SUNDAY May 24, 2026 FEATURE One Nation, Many Voices An Art Collection of Americans by Upper East Side Texas Artists Click HERE to see a few creative pieces by talented regional artists. MUSIC Kacey Musgraves Comes Home to Middle of Nowhere Kacey Musgraves released her sixth studio album, Middle of Nowhere, on May 1 with…

BEAUMONT, Texas –A Houston convicted felon has been sentenced to federal prison for a firearms violation in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs.   Erik Saenz, 43, pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison by U.S. District…

Summer reading season is almost here, and we’re thrilled to share that the 2026 Lone Star Literary Life Summer Reads Catalog will officially premiere on June 9.   From the Gulf Coast to the Hill Country to the Panhandle, this catalog celebrates the books, bookstores, publishers, and literary voices that make Texas such a vibrant…

May 22, 2026 AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) has issued an emergency order to immediately halt operations of Harvard Massage Institute Inc and American Massage Academy Inc in Plano and revoke the schools’ massage school licenses. The order also revokes the Massage Therapist and Massage Therapist Instructor licenses of the…

Commissioner Buckingham Encourages Texans to Attend Memorial Day Ceremonies At Texas State Veterans Cemeteries AUSTIN, Texas — Today, Texas Land Commissioner and Veterans Land Board (VLB) Chairwoman Dawn Buckingham, M.D., is encouraging all Texans to honor our military heroes who have sacrificed everything in the name of freedom this Memorial Day at one of our Texas State…