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By Aidan Johnstone, The Texas Tribune March 26, 2026 Crystal McEntire lives two lives. Every morning, she wakes up to tend to her family’s ranch near the top of the Texas Panhandle that houses a herd of Red Angus cattle. But after mornings of farm work, she exchanges her ranch jeans for pharmacy jeans, she…

Thursday, March 26, 2026 Diminishing Population Gains in Metro Areas Highlight Nationwide Trend MARCH 26, 2026 – Population growth slowed in a majority of the nation’s 3,143 counties and the District of Columbia between July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025, according to the Vintage 2025 population estimates released today by the U.S. Census Bureau.…

Overview The Battle of Glorieta Pass, fought from March 26-28, 1862, was a pivotal engagement in the New Mexico Campaign of the American Civil War. It took place in the rugged Sangre de Cristo Mountains southeast of Santa Fe, in the New Mexico Territory. While tactically a Confederate victory in the field, the battle resulted…

Event to provide overview of developmental domains in preschoolers and school-age children March 25, 2026 – by Tim Schnettler The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and OneOp will host the webinar, “Child Development: Knowledge, Behavior and Healthy Boundaries,” on April 8. The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and OneOp will host the webinar, “Child Development: Knowledge, Behavior and Healthy Boundaries,” on April 8. (Adobe Stock)…

By Colleen DeGuzman, The Texas Tribune March 24, 2026 The Corpus Christi City Council voted on Tuesday to launch a removal hearing for Mayor Paulette Guajardo over allegations of misconduct. The decision comes as the city faces a growing water crisis. A water emergency may be just months away, according to city leaders. But the…

By Ayden Runnels, The Texas Tribune March 24, 2026 Elon Musk’s tunneling company will begin assessing its ability to construct a mile-long underground tunnel in South Dallas after a proposed project in the area was one of three winners of a company contest on Tuesday. The Boring Company has built a number of underground tunnels…

By Alejandra Martinez, The Texas Tribune March 24, 2026 A historic drought has gripped Corpus Christi, the eighth-largest city in Texas, placing unprecedented strain on a water system that serves roughly 500,000 people across seven counties, along with one of the nation’s largest petrochemical corridors and Port of Corpus Christi, the country’s top port for…

By Jessica Priest, The Texas Tribune March 25, 2026 A Texas State University professor sued the school in federal court this week, asking a judge to block his termination and alleging officials punished him for an off-campus talk about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Austin, seeks to block…

By Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune March 25, 2026 Aaron Reitz, a former Department of Justice lawyer and candidate for Texas attorney general, has endorsed his former opponent, Mayes Middleton, in the GOP primary runoff. Middleton, a Galveston state senator, finished first in the March 3 primary, garnering nearly 40% of the vote. He is…

By Alejandra Martinez, The Texas Tribune March 24, 2026 A historic drought has gripped Corpus Christi, the eighth-largest city in Texas, placing unprecedented strain on a water system that serves roughly 500,000 people across seven counties, along with one of the nation’s largest petrochemical corridors and Port of Corpus Christi, the country’s top port for…