The Latest Breaking News from Texas

Some lawmakers hope to crack down on drag shows watched by children

Republican legislators in Florida, Arizona, Texas and other states have proposed to ban minors from drag shows.

WEKU · Jun 16, 2022

Texas recount underway between Texas Rep. Cuellar, Cisneros

A recount is underway in a Texas primary race between Democratic U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar and progressive challenger Jessica Cisneros

The Independent UK · Jun 16, 2022

Higher heat and Midwest drought are forecast for US summer

Higher-than-normal heat is forecast to blanket most of the U.S. from July to September, drying out large chunks of the Great Plains and the Midwest while threatening to push drought into the Mississippi River Valley.

Tribune News Service · Jun 16, 2022

Abbott seeks to shield Uvalde records

Texas public safety officials cite the "dead suspect loophole" to prevent records from being released

Salon · Jun 16, 2022

Petco Eyes Small Towns & Rural Communities - Check Out The New Location

Petco Health And Wellness Company Inc (NASDAQ:WOOF) has launched a new community-driven test concept to serve the wellness needs of pets and farm animals in small towns and rural communities. The company will open its first location under the concept on June 17 in Floresville, Texas. Related: Here's Why Needham Is Bullish On This Pet…

Benzinga · Jun 16, 2022

Marijuana REIT Innovative Industrial Properties Enters Into Long-Term Lease With Texas Original

Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. (IIP) (NYSE: IIPR) closed on the acquisition of a property in Texas, and entered into a long-term lease with a subsidiary of Texas Original Holdings, LLC.

Benzinga · Jun 16, 2022

Elon Musk's Boring Company Found Flouting Permitting Requirements In Texas: Report

Elon Musk shifted his base from California to Texas late last year and it now appears that his Boring Company is engaged in a feud with the local authorities in Texas.

Benzinga · Jun 16, 2022

As West Texas temperatures soar, border agencies say new tools are saving migrants’ lives

VAN HORN, Texas — Culberson County Sheriff Oscar Carrillo is haunted by the sight last year of a father clinging to life next to his son who succumbed to the brutal heat in an unforgiving desert.

Tribune News Service · Jun 16, 2022

Trauma surgeons detail the horror of mass shootings in the wake of Uvalde and call for reforms

When Dr. Roy Guerrero, a pediatrician in Uvalde, Texas, testified before a U.S. House committee June 8 about gun violence, he told lawmakers about the horror of seeing the bodies of two of the 19 children killed in the Robb Elementary massacre. They were so pulverized, he said, that they…

Tribune News Service · Jun 16, 2022

Texas’ 34th Congressional District flips to GOP in special election

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Ballotpedia · Jun 16, 2022