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How the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo went from 2,000 people to millions of visitors in less than a century

by Sierra Rozen

| February 19, 2026

2026 houston rodeo | Community | CULTURE | ENTERTAINMENT | HARDGATE | HOUSTON LEAD STORY | houston livestock show and rodeo | houston rodeo | HTX | LIFESTYLE
From 2,000 attendees to millions: How the Houston Rodeo became bigger than Texas The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is known for two things: creative food combinations and a genre-diverse concert lineup that ranges from R&B to country. Of course, there’s the predictable lineup of rodeo events: barrel racing, bull riding, mutton bustin’, and steer […]
The “Spirit of the Wittliff in 40 Objects” exhibit includes items from Cormac McCarthy and Stevie Ray Vaughan.

TXST’s Wittliff Collections celebrates its legacy with ’40 Objects’ exhibit

by Sam Cohen

| February 19, 2026

Art | arts | celebrities | central texas | CULTURE | EDUCATION | ENTERTAINMENT | family friendly | free things to do | fun | HARDGATE | LIFESTYLE | LITERATURE | Local news | locals | News | recreation | TEXAS | TEXAS HISTORY | texas state university | THINGS TO DO | Wittliff | Wittliff museum
The “Spirit of the Wittliff in 40 Objects” exhibit includes items from Cormac McCarthy and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Here are all the details.
In Dallas, outdoor cats are as much a part of the community as its non-feline residents.

Dallas neighbors rally for community cat protections in city’s animal code

by Sam Cohen

| February 19, 2026

animal code | animals | cats | community cats | CULTURE | DALLAS | DFW | DFW-hardgate | feral cats | north dallas | pets
Dallas’s community cats are currently unprotected under the city’s animal code. Residents are trying to change that.
While three Texas schools ultimately made the cut, two received the distinguished honor of making the Top 50: Houston’s Rice University, and the University of Texas at Austin.

2 Texas schools break into TIME’s top global university rankings

by Sam Cohen

| February 19, 2026

Affordability | celebration | college | CULTURE | EDUCATION | EQUALITY | HARDGATE | HIGHER ED | HIGHER EDUCATION | LIFESTYLE | Local news | NATIONAL NEWS | Rice University | schools | TEXAS | Texas A&M | TEXAS HISTORY | TEXAS POLITICS | University of Texas at Austin
TIME Magazine’s 2026 list of the World’s Top Universities included three Texas schools. Here are the 2 that made the Top 50.
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Texas Tech medical school cancels talk on health, ethical considerations in late-pregnancy abortions

by The Texas Tribune

| February 18, 2026

ABORTION | college | COLLEGE STUDENTS | health care | HEALTHCARE | maternal health | maternal healthcare | pregnancy | TEXAS | Texas Tech University
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center canceled a scheduled talk by an OB-GYN who has provided abortion care later in pregnancy after opponents argued the discussion would be illegal on a public university campus, a claim abortion-rights advocates dispute.
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