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By Stephen Simpson, The Texas Tribune July 13, 2026 Harris County officials still don’t know the names of the agents who were present when an ICE officer shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston, leading the county’s district attorney’s office to investigate this case like a criminal investigation to figure out who fired the…

By Berenice Garcia, The Texas Tribune July 13, 2026 McALLEN — Last week’s killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent was the latest test of an already strained relationship between the two nations that share a border in Texas. On Monday, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced that her government…

By Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune July 14, 2026 In April 2024, the Biden administration cleared the way for more than 4 million low-wage workers to collect overtime pay. People earning less than $58,656 were to be paid time and a half if they worked over 40 hours a week, a shift that would put…

LIVING ON PURPOSE By Dr. Billy Holland Disappointment is a familiar feeling, especially to the ambitious. The more a person strives, the more failures they will face, but this doesn’t mean that every door is always locked. Learning self-control and patience is a part of the advancement process. It is said that “True success is…

PLANO, Texas – Two individuals were sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a cocaine trafficking conspiracy in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs.   Jonathan Guerra, 30, of Irving, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine and was sentenced to 57 months…

By Bruce Altschuler After the 2024 election, the White House website described what it called Donald \Trump’s “mandate,” beginning with “putting a stop to endless wars.” Nevertheless, on Feb. 28, the United States and Israel began an unprovoked war with Iran by bombing strikes that not only destroyed military targets but killed thousands of Iranians,…

PLANO, Texas – A Frisco man has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for transporting a minor for sexual exploitation, announced Eastern District of Texas U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs.   Joseph Ray Robertson, 37, pleaded guilty to transportation of minors and was sentenced to 240 months in federal prison by U.S. District…

Become a Partner with The Portal to Texas History The deadline to apply for a 2026 Rescuing Texas History Mini-Grant is approaching, and there’s still time to submit. You don’t need a large or famous collection to apply. Some of the most valuable materials we’ve digitized came from a single family, a small-town church, a local…

View as a webpage July 13, 2026 TEXAS COAST — The Gulf of America commercial shrimp season for state and federal waters will reopen 30 minutes after sunset on July 15. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s (TPWD) Coastal Fisheries Division uses data collected during routine bag seines and trawl sampling in June to determine…

By Paula Span Jul 10, 2026 (DigitalVision/Getty Images) Kelly Haggett figures that a mandatory surcharge added to Washington state’s payroll tax cost her about $500 last year. But she doesn’t really mind. “On a scale of 1 to 10 of my annoyance with taxes in general, this one is about a 2,” she said. “I…