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AgriLife Extension event will cover pasture management strategy; offer continuing education units October 13, 2026 – by Adam Russell Beef cattle and forage producers can learn practical ways to build better pastures and earn pesticide continuing education units, CEUs, at the East Texas Beef and Forage Clinic on Nov. 20 in Henderson. The East Texas…

By Jackie Fortiér Oct 14, 2026 The pitch behind California’s billionaire tax proposal is simple: Tax the richest residents in the nation’s wealthiest state to offset steep federal cuts to healthcare, food assistance, and education. But if approved by voters in November, it’s unclear how much money the ballot initiative would raise, how quickly the…

By Diego Mendoza-Moyers, El Paso Matters, and visuals by Paul Ratje for ProPublica and The Texas Tribune Co-published with El Paso Matters and The Texas Tribune October 14, 2026, 6:00 am Last December, New Mexico officials celebrated publication of a plan to address climate change, designed to dramatically reduce the state’s greenhouse gas emissions by…

By Natalia Contreras, The Texas Tribune October 14, 2026 This coverage is made possible through Votebeat, a nonpartisan news organization covering local election administration and voting access. Sign up for Votebeat Texas’ free newsletters here. What happened? Voting rights groups are suing the state of Texas after more than 500,000 voter registration applications were submitted…

By Zach Leggio, The Texas Tribune October 14, 2026 Leigh Wambsganss, the Republican candidate for a Fort Worth-area state Senate seat, no longer labels herself “ULTRA MAGA” on social media. Wambsganss also removed a large “Trump Endorsed” banner from her campaign website and in August replaced a photo of herself and President Donald Trump with…

By Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune October 13, 2026 In the annals of Texas political mythology is the tale of a young Lyndon B. Johnson, so worried he was going to lose an election that he decided to start a rumor that his opponent enjoyed sexual relations with pigs. His campaign manager was outraged, telling…

A new federal report puts sandwiches ahead of poultry as Americans’ biggest protein source. Feel30’s Anneliese Cadena shares five fillings worth putting between your bread.   Sandwiches are America’s biggest dietary source of protein, according to a new CDC report that puts the everyday lunch staple ahead of every other food category.   Released October…

View as a webpage  /  Share (Washington, D.C., October 13, 2026) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced it is awarding $86.6 million in grant funding to support the specialty crop industry through the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP). The program funds innovative projects designed to enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops.…

(AUSTIN) —Texas Comptroller Don Huffines today announced a ban on the use of state grant money to buy or contract for Flock cameras, automated license plate readers, and other vehicle-identification systems that convert license plate images into computer-readable data. “The government has no business tracking where law-abiding Texans drive. Doing it without a warrant is…

By Amanda Watford, Stateline October 12, 2026 As candidates debate public safety ahead of the midterm elections, a new assessment of the nation’s historic homicide decline suggests there is no single explanation for the drop — and that some widely discussed enforcement strategies may have played little role. A survey of nearly 50 crime scholars…