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JUNE NEWSLETTER     Real Poison Center Case A mother called the poison center in a panic. Her son had been helping clean out the family’s garage when he suddenly screamed and dropped a plastic toy bin he had been sorting through. He told his mother that something had “pinched” his hand. When she looked…

By Ayden Runnels, The Texas Tribune June 15, 2026 Working to create the Texas Lottery in 1991, state lawmakers ran into concerns that government-sponsored gaming would tempt Texans prone to compulsive or problem gambling. In response, lawmakers devoted $2 million a year to a state-run “compulsive gambling program” to identify and treat problem gamblers. In…

By Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune June 15, 2026 REDFORD — As a teenager, Joe Carrasco would help his father pick onions and cotton on the family’s 40-acre ranch on the banks of the Rio Grande. On the weekends, he would mount his horse and wade across the river into Mexico, where he would…

June 15, 2026 Average gasoline prices in Texas have fallen 12.3 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.44/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Prices in Texas are 50.8 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 74.6 cents per gallon higher than a year ago. The…

TYLER (June 11, 2026) – The University of Texas at Tyler School of Nursing will host the School Nurse  Simulation Boot Camp: Altered Mental Status. The event will be 8 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Friday, July 17,  and equips K-12 school nurses with hands-on, critical care simulation training. The immersive boot camp focuses on recognizing,…

Looking forward to deals and deep discounts on Amazon Prime Days (June 23-26)? You’re not alone. Many other retailers have also begun offering discounted pricing on those days. Unfortunately, more deals also mean more chances for scammers to take advantage of eager shoppers. BBB reminds consumers to watch out for phishing scams, misleading advertisements, and…

June 12, 2026AUSTIN, Texas – The Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) will use its decades of experience to tackle a series of difficult and complex orphaned wells in the coastal waters of Baffin Bay. The six orphaned wells located in the Cayo del Grullo region of the bay, roughly 40 miles south of Corpus Christi,…

By Alejandro Serrano and Renzo Downey, The Texas Tribune June 12, 2026 HOUSTON — Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday vowed to eviscerate Democrats in November’s midterm elections during a speech at the Texas GOP convention that previewed his next legislative priorities and his message for the fall campaign: tying the opposition to “Bernie Sanders socialism.”…

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As Land Commissioner, Benjamin Flores will implement a plan that protects Texans from the negative impacts from data centers locating near residential communities or on workable farmland. It directs his General Land Office (GLO) to encourage data center developers to locate on state-owned land instead by offering lease incentives, single authority setting requirements, avoidance of…