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By Berenice Garcia, The Texas Tribune September 21, 2026 McALLEN — A federal judge ruled against environmental and wildlife conservation groups trying to prevent a land exchange between SpaceX and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in South Texas. U.S. District Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr. denied a request for a preliminary injunction filed by the…

By Alex Nguyen, The Texas Tribune September 22, 2026 A federal judge has ordered Texas to air condition all of the state’s lockups, which the prison agency said could cost $1.5 billion, by the end of 2029. The ruling, released Tuesday, is a win for inmate advocates and their attorneys, who had asked the court…

  OPINION/EDITORIAL September 22, 2026. A Practical Survival Guide for Small Business Owners by Annie Spilman ( Regional Administrator – South Central Region)   When a natural disaster sweeps across a community, the immediate focus is always on safety and survival. But once the sky clears, independent business owners often face a secondary, daunting crisis:…

Austin — The Board of Directors of the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) has selected Gary VanDeaver to serve as TASB’s next executive director. VanDeaver brings extensive experience in Texas public education, school district leadership, and state policy. He began his career as a vocational agriculture teacher, later served as superintendent of New Boston…

(Longview, Texas)—LeTourneau University’s Fall 2026 Fine Arts & Humanities Lecture Series will continue with a lecture titled “The Impact of Photography on Society.”  (Poster below) The lecture will be held on Tuesday, October 13 at 11:00 AM in the Berry Auditorium of the Glaske Center for Engineering, Science & Technology on the LeTourneau University campus.…

By Dr. Billy Holland God has always been disappointed when someone is more concerned with what they want to do than what He requires of them. Since mankind fell in the garden, our carnal nature has been persuading and influencing our decisions and specializes in the skills of compromising and justifying. Self-deception is common, and…

AUSTIN, Texas— Today, Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., announced that the Texas General Land Office (GLO) has entered into two new hard mineral leases for rare earth minerals with El Paso Minerals Corp. (EPM) covering more than 1,000 acres in Hudspeth County. The agreements build upon the nationally significant Round Top project and mark…

By William Turton, Avi Asher-Schapiro, Molly Redden and Kirsten Berg September 22, 2026, 5:00 am Listen 40:17 ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published.   In the final weeks of 2019, a top fundraiser for Sen. Susan Collins walked into…

By Sofia Resnick, Stateline September 22, 2026 If you are having thoughts of suicide, call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline or go to SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources. The mistrial in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial earlier this month places her future in doubt, three years after she…

This article was originally published by Votebeat, a nonprofit news organization covering local election administration and voting access. By Natalia Contreras, Votebeat Sep 21, 2026 at 7:09pm EDT Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat Texas’ free newsletter here. Update, Sept. 21,…