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By Colleen DeGuzman, The Texas Tribune June 12, 2026 Never miss a story! The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter gives readers the most essential Texas news. Sign up for The Brief. Midland officials have confirmed that a city employee was killed and 10 people were injured in a Friday morning shooting on the south side that also left…

AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) can now release the name of the victim killed in this morning’s shooting incident in Midland, Texas. He is identified as Edward Randall Scott, 62, of Midland. At this time, no additional information will be released. ____________________________________________________________________________ AUSTIN – Friday morning, June 12, 2026, at about…

June 10, 2026 Pictured: Students with the mural of the Joe Guerra Library in Laredo (left) and at the Mary Couts Burnett Library at TCU in Fort Worth.  By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director Thanks to another generous gift from David L. Stevenson, as well as other donors, NTCC honors students were able to complete…

TYLER, Texas (June 12, 2026) – The University of Texas at Tyler received a $241,779.73 grant from  the Texas Opioid Abatement Fund Council to support a rural-focused initiative for opioid use  disorder. Led by Dr. Tuan Le, UT Tyler School of Medicine associate professor, the Rural Opioid  Access, Delivery and Support — or ROADS —…

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Texas A&M Forest Service recently launched Wood Flow South, an interactive website that provides insights into the volume, value and trends of the global forest products trade across the timber supply chain. “Wood Flow South tracks forest product flows and visualizes the ‘what, where and when’ of timber imports and exports,”…

June 10, 2026 Northeast Texas Community College was well-represented on the state stage last month as Dr. Melissa Fulgham, Department Chair for Humanities and Social Sciences, traveled to the campus of Texas Christian University (TCU) for the Alliance for Texas History Conference. Held from May 27–29, the annual conference brings together leading scholars, researchers, and…

By Sam Whitehead Jun 12, 2026 The Trump administration has issued final rules on how states should ensure that millions of Medicaid enrollees prove they’re working or completing other activities, such as job training, volunteering, or being enrolled in an educational program. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released the rules on June 1.…

By Kayla Guo, The Texas Tribune June 11, 2026 Democratic U.S. Senate nominee James Talarico is launching his first TV ad of the general election Thursday with a spot in Spanish set to air during the FIFA World Cup, continuing his push to win over the Latino voters who are expected to be pivotal in…

By Berenice Garcia, The Texas Tribune June 11, 2026 McALLEN — Conservation groups are trying to stop the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from exchanging hundreds of acres of land with SpaceX. This month, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife allowed a land swap deal with SpaceX to move forward that would give SpaceX 715 acres…