By Colleen DeGuzman, The Texas Tribune October 21, 2025 Gov. Greg Abbott has launched an operation in Austin to remove people experiencing homelessness and dismantle homeless encampments. Abbott, in a Tuesday morning news release, said the operation began late last week and has already removed 48 encampments. It’s unclear where the state is taking people…

By Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune October 22, 2025 As Texas lawmakers redrew the state’s congressional map this summer, Marc Campos’ mind was on his father. In 1987, Tony Campos sued the city of Baytown in a landmark case that opened the door for Black and Hispanic voters to join together to bring voting rights…

By Terri Langford, The Texas Tribune October 22, 2025 About this time of year, Foundation Communities would be getting its latest group of specially-trained staff members ready to help more than 6,800 Central Texans sign up for Affordable Care Act insurance coverage. For years, the Austin-based housing nonprofit has, through its Prosper Health Coverage program,…

North Texas – The Texas Department of Public Safety, Ranger Division, working in conjunction with the San Bruno Police Department (CA), is seeking the public’s help in identifying any outstanding leads stemming from a 1981 cold case.   In 1981, officers responded to Buckeye Park after the remains of an unidentified infant were found. Despite…

By Sneha Dey, The Texas Tribune October 20, 2025 WACO — The students training to go into construction can feel the classroom floor dip under their steel-toed shoes.  The carpet sits on an incline — it has been stretched thin over a metal drain pipe, a relic from when the facility had a different life. …

Ruth 1: 2 “And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem Judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.” By Van Yandell Several characters in the Bible that played a vital…

By Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune October 21, 2025 In this week’s episode of The Texas Tribune’s political podcast, Matthew and Eleanor are joined by Tribune D.C. reporter Gabby Birenbaum and radio host Chad Hasty to unpack the three candidates vying to be the Republican nominee for Senate in 2026. Watch the video above, or…

  An Editorial by Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller   If anyone still doubts that the Trump administration is serious about standing up for America’s farmers and ranchers, the latest round of agricultural tariffs should put those doubts to rest. For far too long, our producers have been treated as bargaining chips in a global…

AUSTIN, TX — The League of Women Voters of Texas is proud to announce a significant increase in the distribution of their nonpartisan Voters Guides for the 2025 election cycle. This year, they distributed 98,466 copies, a substantial rise from 72,660 copies in 2023. This growth underscores their ongoing commitment to providing Texans with accurate, unbiased information to…