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DENTON, Texas – FEMA Region 6 announced more than $49.2 million in funding to Louisiana, New Mexico and Texas for long-term projects that will make local communities more resilient to disasters. This funding is part of the more than $137 million that FEMA announced today for more than 50 projects nationwide. Under DHS Secretary Markwayne…

Bowie County   Interstate 30 (I-30) – From Farm to Market road (FM) 989/Kings Highway to Arkansas state line, widening highway. Westbound lanes split. Left lane for thru traffic, no option to exit. Right lane for local traffic, can exit. Some westbound ramp closures. Lane shift at Exit 220 A/Interstate 369 south/U.S. Highway (U.S.) 59…

By María Méndez and Emily Foxhall, The Texas Tribune April 24, 2026 Living in Texas means living with the chance for disasters to strike. Hurricanes ferociously slam the coastline with wind and rain. Fires tear through homes and agricultural land. Freezes take down power lines and power plants, as notoriously occurred in 2021, when a…

By Alex Nguyen and Ayden Runnels, The Texas Tribune April 23, 2026 The City of Austin on Friday announced it is updating Austin Police orders to clarify when officers should contact Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents about people they detain. It is the third city in Texas to revise its policy on local law enforcement’s…

By Gabby Birenbaum, The Texas Tribune April 24, 2026 WASHINGTON — Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Sherman, is running to be the top Republican on the House Oversight Committee, an influential panel known for its investigative power and frequent partisan brawling. Fallon, a former state senator who has represented his North Texas district since 2021, is the…

By Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune April 24, 2026 A 2023 Texas law that lets state police arrest people suspected of entering the country illegally can go into effect after a federal appeals court on Friday lifted a lower court ruling that had stopped it for years.  The Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals lifted…

By Emily Foxhall, The Texas Tribune April 24, 2026 Camp Mystic’s emergency plan does not yet fully comply with new rules for youth camps, a state agency wrote in a letter to the camp’s director on Thursday, giving the camp 45 days to make corrections to meet state licensing requirements.  Camp Mystic’s plan — which…

Friend, Welcome to your Friday Fiscal Note.   This week, we look at an undercover video that exposed the University of North Texas’ hidden woke agenda: they’re still fully committed to teaching DEI to their students, despite the fact it’s now against the law Plus, Austin taxpayers narrowly avoided a nearly $50 million waste of their…

Texas-Based, Women-Owned Company Delivers Custom Water Monitoring Solution to Protect the Friendswood Community FRIENDSWOOD, TX — Simplicity Integration, a Texas-based innovator in real-time flood measurement and smart water management, has successfully deployed a new flood gauge network in partnership with the Galveston County Consolidated Drainage District (GCCDD). The deployment brings real-time water intelligence to one…

PLANO, Texas – Eastern District of Texas U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs joins the Department of Justice’s Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) and the Executive Office for the United States Attorneys (EOUSA) in observing National Crime Victims’ Rights Week. This year’s theme is “Listen. Act. Advocate. Protect victims, serve communities.”   “The dark web has exploded…