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By Gabby Birenbaum, The Texas Tribune June 2, 2026 WASHINGTON — As he closes out his first week as the Republican Senate nominee from Texas, Attorney General Ken Paxton is making the rounds with top party figures in Washington, meeting with Senate Majority Leader John Thune, raising money with Sen. Ted Cruz and even receiving…

By Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune June 2, 2026   When Project Connect was approved by Austin voters in 2020, the $7.1 billion public transit project was expected to bring 20 miles of light rail, high frequency bus routes and shuttle pickup service to the state’s capital. Today, not a single foot of light-rail track…

By Ayden Runnels, The Texas Tribune June 2, 2026 Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller will speak at a bipartisan forum alongside Clayton Tucker, the Democratic candidate running for the Republican’s seat, to discuss the impact of data center construction in Texas. The forum, which was announced on Tucker’s campaign website, is being hosted by Matagorda County…

  As we look to celebrate America’s 250th birthday, popcorn bursts to the forefront as the perfect snack and a fitting symbol for our Fourth of July celebration. Popcorn begins as a simple kernel, small and unassuming, but with the right amount of heat and energy, it bursts into something much greater—just as America grew…

By Kayla Guo, The Texas Tribune June 3, 2026 National Democrats on Wednesday unveiled their most ambitious list of targets in the Texas House in years, adding a dozen districts, on top of three previously announced seats, to their battleground docket for the fall midterms. Twelve of the Texas districts targeted by the Democratic Legislative…

By Paul Cobler, The Texas Tribune June 3, 2026 In the final days of his GOP runoff campaign to unseat incumbent Republican Sen. John Cornyn, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed lawsuits against Netflix, WhatsApp and Discord, and launched another investigation into Meta. During his victory speech, he cemented a key pillar of his campaign:…

  ELEVATE YOUR SUMMER READING Uplift the Texas literary community by exploring one of the new releases we’ve rounded up for June. Let a Texas author empower you to explore a new genre, relax with a guilty pleasure (minus the guilt), or find the perfect book to kickstart your summer. Lone Star Lit is here…

June 2, 2026 First Dairy Cattle Case in Texas This Year AUSTIN, TX – The Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) and United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) received confirmation of the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus in diagnostic samples from a Texas dairy. This is…

By Mel Gurtov President Donald Trump hates to lose, but he is on a losing streak in the Middle East—not just in Iran, where his illegal, unprovoked war has been a strategic and diplomatic disaster, but also in Gaza, Lebanon, and the US Congress. Israel’s military is out of control in Gaza and Lebanon. Trump…

James 4: 1-2 “From whence come wars and fightings among you? Come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.” By Van Yandell A policeman…