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Texas woman sentenced to life for death of 4-year-old son

GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — A 37-year-old Texas woman has been sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole for the death of...

Texas is tops in the U.S. for commercial development impact

Steve Brown, The Dallas Morning News DALLAS – Even with the pandemic, commercial real estate development contributed more than $65 billion to the Texas economy...

Texas grocery workers fatigued as they await vaccine access

By Duncan Agnew | Texas Tribune In the middle of a recent shift at Kroger in Cedar Hill, Jackie Ryan was assisting customers with self-checkout...

Border agents detain mother, newborn in Texas for 5 days

By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — U.S. border agents have since Saturday detained a Cuban woman with her newborn son, one day after...

Houston Rodeo canceled for 2nd year in a row due to pandemic

HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, which draws hundreds of thousands of visitors, has been canceled for 2021 because of concerns...

Texas tenants behind on rent can seek aid from $1.3B assistance program

By Juan Pablo Garnham, Texas Tribune State officials plan to roll out a $1.3 billion rental assistance program for Texans struggling to keep up with...

Court halts another Texas execution over disability claims

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas appeals court has delayed a second execution this year to review claims that an inmate is intellectually disabled...

DPS apologizes for ‘Chucky’ Amber Alert

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Rest assured, "Chucky" is not on the loose. The Texas Department of Public Safety has apologized after mistakenly issuing an Amber...

Texas’ COVID-19 hospitalizations dip below 11,000

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Texas has dipped below 11,000 for the first time since late December. The...

Texas temporarily blocked from kicking Planned Parenthood out of Medicaid

By Shannon Najmabadi, Texas Tribune A state district judge in Travis County has temporarily stopped Texas from kicking Planned Parenthood out of its Medicaid program,...