Gov. Greg Abbott doubles down on rare public fight for Medicaid funding
By Terri Langford, The Texas Tribune September 2, 2026 Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is doubling down on the state’s fight to recover nearly $10 billion in Medicaid funding that the Trump administration is withholding from Texas hospitals. “Texas is working with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to protect funding that helps hospitals serve…
Read MoreDPS Stepping Up Enforcement for Labor Day
AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is stepping up enforcement efforts for Labor Day weekend. To keep everyone safe this holiday weekend, more Troopers will be out on the roads, including for the Operation Crash Awareness Reduction Effort (CARE), which runs Sept. 4-7. Operation CARE is a specialized campaign in which Texas Highway Patrol…
Read MoreReady, Set, Showtime! ArtsView Children’s Theatre’s 24 Hour Musical Takes the Stage THIS WEEK
Sleep is optional, but the spotlight is mandatory! ArtsView Children’s Theatre is gearing up for its most adrenaline-fueled performance of the year. The 24 Hour Musical hits the stage this Saturday, Sept. 5, at 7 p.m. Starting exactly 24 hours before curtain time, local performers will receive their roles, learn their music, master the choreography,…
Read MoreEast Texas Food Bank Finalist Nominee for Chick-fil-A’s True Inspiration Award
Tyler, Texas—The East Texas Food Bank is a finalist nominee in the Southwest region for Chick-fil-A’s True Inspiration Award. “We are so excited that the ETFB was nominated for this award and we hope all of East Texas will vote for us this month,” said Tim Butler, ETFB Chief Development Officer. “The grants range between…
Read MoreTJC’s Naomi Moody awarded Baylor Bound Presidential Transfer Scholarship
Sept. 1, 2026 TYLER, Texas — Ever since high school, Tyler Junior College graduate Naomi Moody knew she wanted to attend Baylor University, although initially that goal felt out of reach. A combination of her dedication to academics and the support of TJC led her to the Baylor Bound Presidential Transfer Scholarship, a prestigious award…
Read MoreOp-Ed: Democrats’ key to winning the midterms
By Howard Dean American voters desperately want relief from rising prices — especially the increasingly unaffordable cost of healthcare. Democrats have a plan for that. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren recently introduced the Break Up Big Medicine Act, a bill that would split up the huge conglomerates that have made the current healthcare system so expensive…
Read MoreTexas Rejected an AI-Driven School’s Bid to Open a Charter. The State Still Approved It for the Voucher Program.
By Lexi Churchill Co-published with The Texas Tribune September 2, 2026, 6:00 am The rejections piled up one after another as leaders of Alpha School, a growing network of private school campuses, tried to convince states that their artificial-intelligence-led teaching model belonged in publicly funded charter schools. The Alpha system is centered on the idea…
Read MoreSFA Gardens lecture to feature J. Berry Nursery R&D coordinator
SFA Gardens’ monthly Theresa and Les Reeves Lecture Series will feature a presentation by Brooke McGown, research and development coordinator at J. Berry Nursery, at 7 p.m. Sept. 10 in the Brundrett Conservation Education Building at the Pineywoods Native Plant Center. She will present “Who Is J. Berry Nursery, and What Does a Research and…
Read MoreImmigration activity is taking a toll on children’s health, doctors say
By Nada Hassanein, Stateline September 2, 2026 In Minnesota, an elementary schooler has gone without surgery to treat a rare, life-threatening neck infection that isn’t responding to antibiotics. Another young child can’t use their hearing aids because the family ran out of batteries and hasn’t come to get replacements. Yet another child’s cochlear implant surgery…
Read MorePecan production, prices up in Texas as disease, dry weather loom
Texas Crop and Weather Report – by Karn Dhingra Texas pecan growers are looking at an above-average crop and are hoping price improvement will follow.Expectations are that Texas’ 2026 pecan season will produce modestly larger yields than last year, but that disease, extreme dry and hot weather in August could negatively impact nut kernel fill, said…
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