By Alejandra Martinez, The Texas Tribune March 24, 2026 A historic drought has gripped Corpus Christi, the eighth-largest city in Texas, placing unprecedented strain on a water system that serves roughly 500,000 people across seven counties, along with one of the nation’s largest petrochemical corridors and Port of Corpus Christi, the country’s top port for…

By Jessica Priest, The Texas Tribune March 25, 2026 A Texas State University professor sued the school in federal court this week, asking a judge to block his termination and alleging officials punished him for an off-campus talk about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Austin, seeks to block…

By Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune March 25, 2026 Aaron Reitz, a former Department of Justice lawyer and candidate for Texas attorney general, has endorsed his former opponent, Mayes Middleton, in the GOP primary runoff. Middleton, a Galveston state senator, finished first in the March 3 primary, garnering nearly 40% of the vote. He is…

By Alejandra Martinez, The Texas Tribune March 24, 2026 A historic drought has gripped Corpus Christi, the eighth-largest city in Texas, placing unprecedented strain on a water system that serves roughly 500,000 people across seven counties, along with one of the nation’s largest petrochemical corridors and Port of Corpus Christi, the country’s top port for…

AUSTIN – The Texas Financial Crimes Intelligence Center (FCIC) today announced the arrest of two individuals connected to a multi-state gift card fraud scheme spanning Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas. On March 17, 2026, the suspects entered Texas and were identified committing gift card fraud in Amarillo. Following a coordinated intelligence effort between the FCIC’s…

MOSCOW, March 24. /TASS/. The events in Latin America and the Middle East directly stem from the West’s attempts to preserve the remnants of its dominance, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a meeting of the Gorchakov Fund’s Board of Trustees. He noted that some international relations experts have already begun to refer to…

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            Since 2008, the Daughters of the Republic of Texas Museum has sponsored an annual art contest to encourage young artists to express Texas heritage and history. As students research the subject matter for their artwork, they learn about Texas historic sites, events, and individuals that lived in Texas during the republic era of 1820-1850.…

Feb. 23, 2026 For more information visit SWEPCO.com/ready or the NLEP project site NLEP.org/AWS SHREVEPORT, La. (Feb. 23, 2026) – Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO) announced a new data center investment from Amazon that company leaders describe as the most significant economic development win Northwest Louisiana has seen in a generation. This investment brings new utility infrastructure upgrades…