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Brownsville, Texas reacts to Gina Hinojosa’s homecoming campaign stop
Gubernatorial candidate Gina Hinojosa made a campaign stop in her hometown of Brownsville on Tuesday, and attendees were excited for a possibility to see one of their own as governor.
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Guns, Nazis, affordability, child safety: Real stakes in Texas’ 23rd district race
In Texas’ 23rd Congressional District, Democratic candidate Katy Padilla Stout says voters are talking about affordability and safety while her opponent Brandon Herrera, a Trump‑endorsed gun YouTuber who’s made headlines for Holocaust jokes and controversial videos, is pushing policies she argues don’t match the district.
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San Antonio DIYer shares the realities of home renovation on a modest budget
When Elizabeth Banda inherited her childhood home, she decided renovating the paid-off property was going to be her way of getting out of poverty. But in the influencer DIY space, she didn’t see a lot her realities reflected back—a stay-at-home mother on a one-income budget—so she eventually started sharing her projects on social media and,…
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Not all artists are starving. Just ask this Houston muralist
If you’ve ever driven down Pierce Street in Downtown Houston and stopped to look at the famous Beyoncé mural, then you know Devona Stimpson. We sat down with Stimpson to talk about what it took to go from designing her classmates’ MySpace profiles to becoming a renowned artist.
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‘ I started hallucinating bugs’: What happens when postpartum depression turns to psychosis
For Natalia Figueroa, the first year after having her baby felt like a fog. The Hidalgo County mom described depression, exhaustion, and frightening symptoms she didn’t fully understand at the time.
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From incarceration to advocacy: one youth advocate calls for violence‑prevention funding
Harris County leaders are weighing funding for HART and RISE, two programs focused on preventing violence. Hassan Mohamed, with The Forgotten Third, a Houston organization working to reduce recidivism and violence, says mentorship and credible‑messenger support changed his life. Without stable funding, those opportunities may disappear.
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An Indigenous tribe is correcting Texas history
Along the Texas Gulf Coast, an Indigenous tribe is righting a centuries-old wrong about their clans. A historical marker describing the Karankawa people as “primitive,” “savage,” and “cannibal” once stood as definitive history in Corpus Christi. This summer, it was corrected.
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What to know about the Texas Railroad Commissioner race
The Republican nominee for Texas Railroad Commissioner made headlines over the weekend for a racist social media post against South Asian students at the University of Texas. Here’s what to know about the position he’s running for, and his Democratic opponent Jon Rosenthal.
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Harris County tax hike debate: Plummer pushes back, says Abbott isn’t making it easy
This week, Harris County commissioners are set to raise property taxes for residents. Democratic Harris County Judge candidate Letitia Plummer opposes the move, saying families are already stretched thin. She also says Governor Greg Abbott isn’t making it easy, citing deferred infrastructure investment, no Medicaid expansion, and an underfunded public defender system as factors behind…
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This Houstonian is uncovering the history of enslavement in Texas
This 24 year-old is preserving their family stories and uncovering the history of slavery in Texas at the same time. Zahrah Butler’s family has been sharecropping on the same land in Northern Louisiana and East Texas for generations, and as Butler investigates their past, the student looks to the things slavery left behind.
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1,800 DFW volunteers unite for 9/11 Day of Service
On Sept. 11, more than 1,800 North Texans gathered at the Arlington eSports Stadium to pack more than 450,000 meals for local families in need, transforming the 25th anniversary of 9/11 into America’s largest annual day of service. All meals go to the North Texas Food Bank to help local families facing hunger.
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Rick Jackson’s data center project in Texas is under fire from locals
As a Republican candidate for governor, Rick Jackson has promised to let communities decide their own fate on data centers. Now, a Texas resident living near a data center project Jackson’s invested in says he’s not keeping that promise. Head to the link in our bio to read more about what residents are demanding.
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Houston honors Lauren Catuzzi Grandcolas, Flight 93 passenger, on 9/11 anniversary
Elected officials and loved ones gathered at Lauren’s Garden in downtown Houston today to honor the life and legacy of Lauren Catuzzi Grandcolas, a native Houstonian who lost her life on United Airlines Flight 93 on 9/11. As local leaders and her father reflected on how communities endure moments of national grief, they remembered Lauren’s…
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Outside GOP midterm convention, Texas Rep. Wu Warns of scapegoating
Outside the GOP midterm convention in Dallas, Texas Rep. Gene Wu (D‑Houston) says Republican leaders are ignoring voters and blaming everyone but themselves as prices climb and families struggle. Wu warns that scapegoating immigrants, Black and Latino communities, Asian Americans, Muslims, trans kids, books, and drag performers distracts from the party in power. “This November,…
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‘We the People’ protest outside GOP convention kicks off in Dallas
Community leaders, advocates, organizations, and residents from across Texas gathered at Dallas City Hall Thurs., Sept. 10, for the We the People: Rally for Democracy.
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A coaliton of out-of-state Democrats came to Texas to slam Trump’s GOP convention in Dallas
A coalition of Democrats from California, Colorado, and Pennsylvania made their way to Dallas on Thursday to speak out against President Donald Trump and his GOP convention, calling it “a spectacle laced with fear.”
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Why this California Democrat came all the way to Texas during Trump’s GOP convention
Rep. Robert Garcia, a California Democrat, travelled all the way to Dallas to condemn Donald Trump’s midterm Republican convention on Thursday, slamming the President for “throwing a two-day party” while Americans “can’t afford gas.”
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Before the Clancy trial put postpartum dangers in the spotlight, Texas mothers suffered in silence
Midlothian mom Aurora Cobb described loving her baby while feeling disconnected from the joy around her, an experience she would only later realize was part of postpartum depression.
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Harris County moves toward 7.6% property tax hike
Harris County will weigh a 7.6% tax‑rate hike that would add more than $190 to the average homeowner’s bill, after a proposal to scale it back failed 3–2 Wednesday morning, Sept. 9. Final vote set for Sept. 17 as the county faces a $180M shortfall.
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Texas Democrats: Tarrant County is the ‘epicenter’ of Trump’s agenda
During a press conference ahead of President Donald Trump’s Republican convention in Dallas on Wednesday morning, Alisa Simmons—the Democratic nominee for Tarrant County Judge—warned that what’s happening in Tarrant County will spread across Texas if Democrats don’t show up and vote.
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Resurfaced footage: Ken Paxton dodges questions after Utah trip during deadly 2021 Texas freeze
Resurfaced footage shows Ken Paxton returning to Austin in February 2021—just after the winter storm that left millions of Texans without power and water—declining to answer questions about the deadly freeze or his plans for ERCOT. Paxton and his wife, state Sen. Angela Paxton, had traveled to Utah for what his campaign called a “previously…
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Democrats slam Trump for hosting Republican convention in Dallas
A coalition of Democrats met ahead of President Donald Trump’s Republican midterm convention in Dallas on Wednesday morning, sharing that the GOP’s behavior and agenda doesn’t reflect Dallas County or its residents.
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Discover North Texas’ Casi Cielo Coffee, located inside A House with Book
Head to Keller to try Casi Cielos Coffee, and while you wait, you might also find your new favorite book.
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Fort Worth ISD parents call out ‘unacceptable’ leadership amid state takeover
Before Tuesday’s school board meeting, Fort Worth ISD parents and teachers voiced their concerns over changes that have been made under the district’s state takeover—including cutting library time, installing webcams in classrooms, and throwing parents out of listening sessions—calling the behavior of the elected board of managers “unacceptable.”
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Commissioner Briones: Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ and state inaction hitting Harris County hard
Last year, Harris County workers were approved for wage increases, but employees of Harris Center—a public healthcare safety-net provider serving county residents—were left out. On Monday, Sept. 8, Harris County Commissioner Lesley Briones made the case that the affordability crisis and cuts to federal assistance due to President Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” demand stronger protections…
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This Houstonian is racing to preserve rural Black Texas before it disappears
This 24-year-old is racing against the clock to preserve the southern gothic histories of rural, Black Texans Zahrah Butler’s family has been sharecropping on the same land in Northern Louisiana and East Texas for generations, but as the last generation who worked that land dies, it’s up to Butler to make sure they’re remembered.
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Texas teachers: Kids can’t afford another Greg Abbott term
Democratic nominee for Texas Governor Gina Hinojosa joined a bipartisan group of educators in Dallas on Thursday to highlight her Republican opponent Gov. Greg Abbott’s history of hypocrisy around public education across Texas.
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Advocates urge $4.5M investment in crisis, violence & intervention programs
Community, faith, and civil‑rights leaders including the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Texas are urging the Harris County Commissioners Court to fund crisis response, violence interruption, and domestic‑violence prevention ahead of the Sept. 8 budget amendment deadline.
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Texas workers want lawmakers to pass heat protections requirements
Texas outdoor workers face life-threatening conditions in record-breaking heat.
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Greg Abbott says no one knows what’s going on with data centers—in the state he runs
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, who has historically been pro-data center and once boasted that Texas will be the “epicenter of AI development” alongside the CEO of Google, has recently changed his stance following bipartisan backlash over data center developments booming across the state. During a campaign stop on Friday, Abbott admitted that “no one” has…
