POLITICS
Rural Texas could lose dozens of hospitals under Republican budget bill
| June 25, 2025
Already struggling rural hospitals in Texas could be forced to close due to healthcare spending cuts under a Republican-backed bill in Congress.
Houston NAACP backs move to bar Trump from convention
| June 24, 2025
Leaders of the Houston NAACP said they agreed with the NAACP’s decision to not invite President Donald Trump to its convention next month.
‘An all-out assault:’ Texas educators stand up to Trump, Abbott attacks on public education
| June 23, 2025
From President Donald Trump’s dismantling of the US Education Department to school voucher plans from Gov. Greg Abbott and Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas educators are standing up to a Republican war on public education.
Dan Patrick Wins Big With THC Ban But Stays Angry With His Own ‘Crazy Talk’
| June 13, 2025
Lt. Dan Patrick stays mad. He helped ban consumable T💨C products in Texas and is still angry at the media.
‘The uncertainty has been debilitating’: DFW business owners react to THC ban
| June 12, 2025
If Gov. Greg Abbott — who signed a bill in 2019 that legalized the sale of products with less than 0.3% of THC — does not veto SB 3, an $8 billion industry that includes over 8,000 small businesses and employs over 50,000 people throughout the state will be wiped out.