The Latest Breaking News from Texas

2022 PFL 1 weigh-in results: All 20 lightweights, light heavyweights on point to start season

Check out the weigh-in results of 2022 PFL 1 in Arlington, Texas.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Apr 19, 2022

Texas advocates file new legal challenge to near-total abortion ban

Lawsuit asks court to rule SB 8 unconstitutional, citing public threats and legal action from anti-abortion activists

The Guardian - US · Apr 19, 2022

ActBlue Texas outraises every other Texas PAC with $25.63 million

In Texas, ActBlue Texas has raised more than any other non-candidate political action committee (PAC) in the 2022 election cycle so far. According to the most recent campaign finance reports filed with the Texas Ethics Commission, ActBlue Texas raised $25.63 million and spent $25.30 million between Jan. 1, 2021 and…

Ballotpedia · Apr 19, 2022

Why Fulgent Genetics Shares Are Trading Higher Today

Fulgent Genetics Inc (NASDAQ:HOTH) agreed to acquire Inform Diagnostics, an independent pathology laboratory based in Irving, Texas, and a portfolio company of Avista Capital Partners, for $170 million. The acquisition is expected to close during the second quarter of 2022. Fulgent held a cash balance of $935.5 million as of December 31. With the…

Benzinga · Apr 19, 2022

Hurricane Harvey still causing suffering

Texas turned disaster aid for Harvey into a competition. Guess who’s losing out?

Salon · Apr 19, 2022

Editorial: Greg Abbott’s damaging stunts should prompt a federal response

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s use of state resources for political posturing on immigration, no doubt to feed his long-standing ambitions for federal office, has always been dangerous and counterproductive.

Tribune News Service · Apr 19, 2022

Mexico’s Lopez Obrador says Abbott’s costly border checks that snarled traffic were ‘despicable’

EL PASO, Texas — Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday slammed Texas Governor Greg Abbott over his stepped up inspections of commercial trucks at the border, which for 10 days disrupted trade and the supply chain between both countries.

Tribune News Service · Apr 19, 2022

Carjacker brutally beat up Texas grandmother only to later die in stolen vehicle crash

Shirlene Hernandez, 72, attacked at a Shell gas station in San Antonio

The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2022

NCAA announces regional hosting sites for 2023-26 Div. I Women’s Golf Championships

Check out the host sites through the 2026 championship.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Apr 18, 2022

Pudgy Texas state troopers who don’t shrink their waists could be pulled off enforcement duties

AUSTIN, Texas — More than 200 state troopers will need to slim down by year’s end or face discipline under a controversial policy the Texas Department of Public Safety is enforcing to limit the size of officers’ waistlines.

Tribune News Service · Apr 18, 2022