Dr. Oz: 3 ways to stay strong this spring
May brings warmer days and blooming gardens — a perfect time to tend to your health, just like a garden. Here are a few ways to stay strong and healthy this spring: Visit your doctor regularly. Medicare covers a wide range of screenings and preventive services, which can help catch problems early when treatment works…
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Three of Texas’ Most Wanted Captured in San Antonio, Corpus Christi and Thurber
(Left to right: Andrew Anthony Lopez, Albert Merell Jr., Kerry Jay Armstrong) Three of Texas’ Most Wanted Captured in San Antonio, Corpus Christi and Thurber AUSTIN – Three of Texas’ 10 Most Wanted Sex Offenders are back in custody following their recent arrests. Authorities captured Andrew Lopez in San Antonio, Albert Merell, Jr. in…
Read MoreOP-ED: TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED YEARS WITH NO RULES?
1 John 5: 3 “For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.” By Van Yandell From the creation of Adam (Genesis 2: 7) until Moses came down from Mt. Saini with the Ten Commandments (Exodus 34: 29), twenty-five hundred years had passed. Mankind had existed…
Read MoreInside the legal battle over undocumented immigrants’ right to challenge their detention.
By Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune May 21, 2026 Between November 2025 and February 2026, police stopped three Latino immigrants in Taylor, then contacted U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, who took custody of the men and placed them in deportation proceedings without an opportunity for a bond hearing. The three men had crossed…
Read MoreBigger price tag, smaller footprint: How Austin’s Project Connect went off the rails
By Joshua Fechter, Manoo Sirivelu and Apurva Mahajan, The Texas Tribune May 21, 2026 Austin voters approved a multibillion-dollar light rail plan in 2020. The project’s costs have increased, and its footprint has been slashed to less than 10 miles. Credit: Manoo Sirivelu/The Texas Tribune Before landing in Austin, Cathy Cocco lived in both New…
Read MoreMock funeral mourns death of academic freedom as UT System weighs rule on cutting programs
By Jessica Priest, The Texas Tribune May 20, 2026 A horse-drawn hearse, a Grim reaper, and mourners dressed in black moved through downtown Austin on Wednesday as critics staged a mock funeral for academic freedom, one day before University of Texas System regents are expected to vote on giving campus presidents more power to cut…
Read MoreJudge Grants Emergency Order Blocking Trump Administration from Disregarding Presidential Records Act
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the US District Court for the District of Columbia granted emergency relief in the American Historical Association and American Oversight’s lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s effort to evade the Presidential Records Act (PRA). The injunction, which takes effect at 9:00 a.m. on May 26, enjoins the White House Office,…
Read MoreKerr County 1st to Install Bettencourts’ SB 3 Flash Flood Outdoor Warning Siren System
UGRA Successfully Tested the first 6 Sirens on the Guadalupe River in Western Kerr County Ahead of Camp Season, 28 of 30 Eligible Counties have Secured SB 3 Agreements AUSTIN, TX — As a priority bill of Lt. Governor Dan Patrick and Speaker Dustin Burrows, author Senator Paul Bettencourt’s (R-Houston) with House Sponsor Terry Wilson’s…
Read MoreEPA Announces $76 Million to Reduce Lead in Drinking Water in Texas
DALLAS, TEXAS (May 20, 2026) – Today, EPA is announcing $76,607,000 in funding to protect Texas from exposure to lead in drinking water. This investment will go directly to states through the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) and is part of EPA’s unwavering commitment to Making America Healthy Again. This funding will go toward finding and replacing lead pipes (also known as lead…
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