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Click It or Ticket increased enforcement May 18 – 31 Download video May 14, 2026 ATLANTA – We are Texans. We wear our Lone Star belt buckles with pride, but it’s the buckle in your car or truck that matters the most. It’s the one that can save your life. That’s why the Texas Department of…

The Trump Hustle: Distraction, Deception and the Heist of the American Economy John & Nisha Whitehead May 11, 2026 “Disinformation does not mean false information. It means misleading information—misplaced, irrelevant, fragmented or superficial information—information that creates the illusion of knowing something, but which in fact leads one away from knowing.”—Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death…

  |  May 13, 2026  | Downtown Kerrville, Texas AUSTIN, Texas — The Smithsonian Institution and the Texas Historical Commission congratulate the six rural Texas communities selected to host the national traveling exhibition “Spark! Places of Innovation,” part of the Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street program. The 2026–27 Texas tour will travel to Kerrville, Alpine, Taylor, Snyder, Brackettville, and Atlanta, bringing a national…

By Alex Nguyen, The Texas Tribune May 13, 2026 A violent crimes task force targeting repeat offenders, set up seven months ago in Houston, will broaden its activities to other big cities across Texas. Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday directed the Texas Department of Public Safety to “immediately expand” the task force to the Austin,…

By Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune May 13, 2026 During a hearing to block parts of a Texas law that would let state police arrest people suspected of having crossed the border illegally, a federal judge asserted he believed parts of it were unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge David Alan Ezra said Wednesday the request to…

By Alex Nguyen, The Texas Tribune May 13, 2026 Attorney General Ken Paxton said Wednesday he is investigating the Dallas County sheriff for allegedly refusing to seek a formal agreement to cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Texas Legislature last year passed a law requiring sheriffs who run a jail or contract out…

By Terri Langford and Stephen Simpson, The Texas Tribune March 18, 2026 The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services and a Dallas-area private foster care contractor have jointly asked a court to extend the state’s oversight of the nonprofit through the summer.  In March, a judge approved DFPS’ request to take over foster care…

By Kayla Guo, The Texas Tribune May 14, 2026 James Talarico, the Austin state lawmaker and Democratic U.S. Senate nominee, is running on a premise that the true conflict in politics is not left versus right, but a “top versus bottom” struggle between the ultrawealthy and everyday Texans. At the heart of this message is…

By Joshua Fechter and Dan Keemahill, The Texas Tribune May 14, 2026 Fewer people are moving to Texas cities amid the country’s broader immigration slowdown, but the state remains home to some of the fastest growing cities in the country, new U.S. Census Bureau data show. Celina, a city about an hour north from downtown…

By Kayla Guo, The Texas Tribune May 14, 2026 From the jump, the battle for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination has featured a massive cash imbalance, with incumbent U.S. Sen. John Cornyn and his allies in Senate GOP leadership unleashing millions in ads to pull him to a first-place finish in the March primary over…