TEXAS
Texas Supreme Court justice’s oversight of trust belonging to millionaire with dementia raises ethics concerns
| October 23, 2024
In January 2022, Elvie Kingston’s dementia took a turn for the worse. The 76-year-old millionaire and longtime conservative activist was declared by a doctor to be partially incapacitated, after which she signed legal documents that removed her family’s right to make decisions about her health and finances. Two years later, those powers remain almost entirely […]
10 celebrities that took their last breath in Texas
| October 22, 2024
From presidents to pioneers, civil rights icons to silver screen stars, Texas has been the final chapter in many remarkable American celebrities.
Early voting opens in Texas with more than 870,000 people casting ballots
| October 22, 2024
As early voting opened on Monday in Texas, Democrats rallied in Austin to support local and statewide candidates, and scores of ballot measures.
10 Texas towns with funny names
| October 21, 2024
Let’s dig into unusual town names throughout the state that are objectively funny, and maybe even cute.
White House says health insurance needs to fully cover condoms, other over-the-counter birth control
| October 21, 2024
The proposal comes days before Election Day, as Vice President Kamala Harris affixes her presidential campaign to a promise of expanding women's health care access in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to undo nationwide abortion rights two years ago.