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Dan Cogdell, who was Ken Paxton's defense attorney for the securities case and was on his defense team for the impeachme...
06/09/2026

Dan Cogdell, who was Ken Paxton's defense attorney for the securities case and was on his defense team for the impeachment, has endorsed James Talarico for Senate.

One of the lawyers who defended Attorney General Ken Paxton during his three-year-old impeachment trial endorsed Democrat James Talarico Monday in Texas’ U.S. Senate race.

The official New World Screwworm count in Texas is now five, from around the state, including one that infected a dog. A...
06/09/2026

The official New World Screwworm count in Texas is now five, from around the state, including one that infected a dog. And we're waiting on Brooke Rollins and the Trump administration to get a handle on it.

Three more cases of New World screwworm were confirmed in Texas by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday, bringing the total number of cases to five.

A six-year-old lawsuit filed by multiple cities over the amount of money that telecom providers have to pay to put their...
06/08/2026

A six-year-old lawsuit filed by multiple cities over the amount of money that telecom providers have to pay to put their equipment on public rights of way was tossed by the State Supreme Court on the grounds that the plaintiffs did not sue the right defendants.

Texas Supreme Court justices say they won’t decide whether two state laws give an illegal discount to telecommunication companies — because the nearly 60 cities challenging the statutes in a lawsuit shouldn’t have sued the state of Texas in the first place.

We're still learning about the proposed trash fee, and what the city intends to do with the revenue it will generate. Ci...
06/08/2026

We're still learning about the proposed trash fee, and what the city intends to do with the revenue it will generate. City Council members have a few ideas of their own as well.

Houstonians will learn more about how their solid waste services will improve under Mayor John Whitmire’s proposed trash fee in the next 60 days – likely after city council is slated to vote on the plan, Houston Public Works director Randy Macchi told council members Monday.

There are now three colleges and universities in Texas that have a varsity flag football program or will have one by nex...
06/08/2026

There are now three colleges and universities in Texas that have a varsity flag football program or will have one by next year. Other states are farther ahead on this.

This fall, the school will become the first in San Antonio and the second in Texas to launch a women’s flag football program. The OLLU Saints’ women’s flag football team is set to take the field for the first time on February 10 of next year.

A group of students and other activists who hope to intervene in the lawsuit the Trump Justice Department filed to overt...
06/07/2026

A group of students and other activists who hope to intervene in the lawsuit the Trump Justice Department filed to overturn Texas' Dream Act, which Ken Paxton then settled without a fight, had their hearing before the Fifth Circuit.

A group of college students asked a Fifth Circuit panel Thursday to overturn an agreement that blocked a state law allowing students without permanent immigration status to receive in-state tuition at Texas public colleges and universities.

Lisa Falkenberg has a long complaint about Mike Miles, specifically with the negative ways he has affected HISD's best s...
06/07/2026

Lisa Falkenberg has a long complaint about Mike Miles, specifically with the negative ways he has affected HISD's best schools, including the one her daughter attends. This inspired me to continue with my own complaints about Miles, from his AI obsession to his influence on the other taken-over school districts.

For months, I had written about other schools within Houston ISD, scrutinizing superintendent Mike Miles’ reforms in the state’s takeover, his closure of libraries and sidelining of storybooks, all the while harboring some relief that my own three kids’ campuses had been somewhat insulated fro...

There's going to be a spinoff of "Gray's Anatomy" set in a rural medical center in West Texas. I'm sure it will realisti...
06/07/2026

There's going to be a spinoff of "Gray's Anatomy" set in a rural medical center in West Texas. I'm sure it will realistically portray what medical care is like in such places after so many years of Republican cutback and neglect.

ABC-TV has ordered a spin-off version of “Grey’s Anatomy” that will be set in West Texas, according to Variety. “Grey’s Anatomy” show originator Rhimes will be co-creator and executive producer along with Houston-born “Grey’s” showrunner Meg Marinis.

The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee has targeted 12 Texas House seats for 2026, almost enough to flip the cham...
06/06/2026

The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee has targeted 12 Texas House seats for 2026, almost enough to flip the chamber if they hit on all of them.

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.

Get to know the New World screwworm, a parasite that can be deadly to livestock and pets, as it's back in the US after a...
06/06/2026

Get to know the New World screwworm, a parasite that can be deadly to livestock and pets, as it's back in the US after a six-decade absence.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday confirmed the country’s first case of New World screwworm — the parasitic fly poised to harm the state’s $15 billion cattle industry — in South Texas.

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