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AUSTIN, Texas [Oct. 7, 2026] — New research on crystalline silica, the growing use of artificial intelligence in workplace safety and environmental and regulatory developments accompanying Texas’ continued growth were among the major topics at the Texas Aggregates & Concrete Association’s (TACA) Environmental, Sustainability and Safety Seminar, held Sept. 29-30 in San Antonio. The two-day…

View as a webpage Oct. 7, 2026 ATHENS – The Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center (TFFC) has opened the Texas division of Wildlife Forever’s 2027 Fish Art Contest for entries. The Texas division of the contest will celebrate 20 years in 2027 thanks to the vision of Mr. Richard M. (Dick) Hart, a conservation leader who…

Wednesday, October 7, 2026 TollTag customers can now travel more conveniently in seven additional states   TYLER, Texas — The North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA), NET RMA’s toll processing and customer service partner, has expanded TollTag access to participating toll roads in Pennsylvania, Illinois, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Indiana, Ohio, and Maryland.   The expanded network…

Austin, TX – During Blindness Awareness Month, the Texas State Library and Archives Commission’s Talking Book Program (TBP) is encouraging Texans with vision loss and other print disabilities to discover the free library service that provides access to books, magazines and materials in accessible formats. TBP provides a free library service to eligible Texans of…

By Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune October 6, 2026   The upcoming election is one of the most hotly contested in recent Texas history, and trust in the election apparatus is at an all-time low. Natalia Contreras, Texas reporter for Votebeat, joins TribCast to help untangle confusion about the voter suspense list, explain what’s going…

By Austin Current, The Texas Tribune October 6, 2026 Austin ISD will be the subject of state scrutiny once again, with a new investigation into the district’s finances led by the state comptroller and spurred on by Gov. Greg Abbott. Texas Comptroller Don Huffines announced Monday that Austin, as well as the Barbers Hill, El…

By Ayden Runnels, The Texas Tribune October 7, 2026 A Texas death row inmate convicted of a fatal 2000 robbery could be the first person put to death in the country since a failed execution in Tennessee that has raised alarm over lethal injection. Jamaal Howard was 20 years old when he robbed a convenience…

By Megan Menchaca, The Texas Tribune October 7, 2026 The number of requests to rescore students’ STAAR tests nearly tripled from last year as more Texas schools sought reviews of written responses on the reading exams, thousands of which were initially graded by computers. The Texas Education Agency began using an automated scoring engine in…

By Kayla Guo, The Texas Tribune October 7, 2026 When asked in July if Attorney General Ken Paxton intended to face off against his U.S. Senate opponent James Talarico, his spokesperson said, “of course we’re going to debate.” But with two weeks left until early voting, the Republican nominee has yet to accept any invitations,…

Exodus 29: 43&45 “And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory. And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God. By Van Yandell Much of the terminology in the Bible is based on first century, (and previous centuries), knowledge at…