TEXAS
WATCH: Mezcal-forward Bar Buena opens in River Oaks
| August 8, 2025
Mezcal is the new star of the show — and it’s lighting up Houston’s bar scene.
WATCH: ‘This is not a Texas map, it is a Trump map’
| August 8, 2025
Several Texas Democrats—including US Reps. Jasmine Crockett (D-Dallas), Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin), Greg Casar (D-Austin), and Al Green (D-Houston)—made their way to Austin earlier this month to testify against redistricting plans.
WATCH: Colin Allred urges Texans to ‘build a backlash’ against GOP gerrymandering
| August 8, 2025
Collin Allred and US Rep. Marc Veasey (D-Fort Worth) joined hundreds of Democrats in Fort Worth on Wednesday to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act and protest a plan from President Donald Trump and Gov. Greg Abbott to redraw the state’s congressional districts in an effort to flip five US House seats.
For some Texas students, citizenship isn’t enough to feel safe
| August 8, 2025
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Texas college students are fearful that their citizenship status will not be enough to protect them from the current ICE raids.
Big screens under big skies: 7 Texas drive-in movie theaters
| August 8, 2025
Enjoy this list of seven Texas drive-in movie theaters.