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09/30/2025

Cary McNair claims he lost $60 million as a result of being ousted from his family’s business interests, according to the lawsuit. He alleges the NFL, in part, is to blame.

✍️: Michael Adkison
📸: Lucio Vasquez/HPM, David J. Phillip/AP

09/29/2025

The Trump administration cut the National Blue Ribbon Schools program earlier this year as part of its reformation of the U.S. Department of Education.

09/29/2025

A federal court in El Paso will hear arguments in a lawsuit challenging Texas’ new congressional map this week.

Civil rights groups say the mid-decade redistricting is an unconstitutional racial gerrymander and are seeking to block it before 2026 election filings begin.

“The racial composition of these new districts cannot be explained by partisanship, and they really focused on race, just as they were told to do, and all of that is illegal,” said Robert Weiner, voting rights project director.

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✍️: Andrew Schneider
📸: Texas Legislative Council, U.S. General Services Administration

09/29/2025

The complaints are being reviewed by the Texas Education Agency, but some firings and suspensions have already occurred independently at Texas schools throughout the state.

09/29/2025

Cary McNair claims he lost $60 million as a result of being ousted from his family's business interests, according to the lawsuit. He alleges the NFL, in part, is to blame.

09/29/2025

Rosenthal, who represents the Northwest Houston and Cypress areas, was one of more than 50 Texas House Democrats who broke quorum and left the state earlier this year to temporarily block the passage of a Republican bill to redraw Texas' congressional maps.

Rosenthal, who represents the Northwest Houston and Cypress areas, was one of more than 50 Texas House Democrats who broke quorum and left the state earlier this year to temporarily block the passage of a Republican bill to redraw Texas' congressional maps. He is vying to unseat Republican Jim Wrigh...

09/29/2025

Republicans are focusing on boosting voter turnout, particularly among Hispanics who voted for Donald Trump for president last year.

Analysts say the president’s immigration and economic policies could weaken Latino support of Republican candidates.

However, one thing that's unlikely to change is Republicans' ability to outspend their Democratic rivals in Texas to help persuade and turn out voters.

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✍️: Andrew Schneider
📸: Shelley Kofler/KERA News

09/29/2025

At least five Starbucks stores in Houston are closing, according to information on the company’s website. The three stores in the region with unionized employees appear to be staying open.

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✍️: Michael Adkison
📸: David Zalubowski

09/29/2025

Civil rights groups argue that the state’s mid-decade congressional redistricting plan amounts to racial gerrymandering, making it unconstitutional. They’re seeking an injunction to block it from taking effect before congressional candidates have to register for the 2026 midterm elections.

09/29/2025

Texas’ congressional delegation obtained tentative funding for infrastructure improvements, university research and other initiatives, but the nearly 350 earmarks are all in jeopardy.

09/29/2025

A panel of statewide appeals court justices will soon decide whether Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton can — at least temporarily — enforce case reporting rules on attorneys for the state's larger, mostly Democratic counties, including Harris.

Statewide appeals court justices heard oral arguments Wednesday in Attorney General Ken Paxton's appeal of a ruling against his office that would temporarily stop him from enforcing case reporting rules against primarily Democratic elected attorneys in the state's most populous counties.