The Latest Breaking News from Texas

I stayed in a restored 19th-century brewery in San Antonio, Texas

HOTELS: On a recent visit to San Antonio, Lydia Spencer-Elliott checked into Hotel Emma, a stylish boutique hotel with its own private two-storey library

The Independent UK · Apr 29

‘Walmart doing us dirty’: Texas man goes to Walmart for extension cord. Then he finds one on clearance—and rolls back the price

A clearance label might make you think you’re getting a good deal. However, one Texas Walmart customer decides to peel back the sale label, discovering that clearance doesn’t mean the price always goes down.

The Mary Sue · Apr 29

FIFA could make billions from the World Cup. Texas host cities will get little in return.

Almost all of the costs for organizing the tournament fall on the cities, whose ability to collect revenue is limited. In Texas, that could leave taxpayers on the hook.

The Texas Tribune · Apr 29

Disaster declarations ripple through South Texas amid water crisis

Small towns around Corpus Christi worry where they’ll fall on the pecking order if the region’s water runs out.

The Texas Tribune · Apr 28

Texas wants to ban at-home ketamine treatment after new data reveals concerning trend

Data from poison centers nationwide reveal a concerning trend, with ketamine poisonings more than doubling since 2019 to 414 in 2023

The Independent UK · Apr 28

TribCast: Texas’ looming data center fight

As Texas lawmakers prepare to tackle the thorny data center issue next session, what can we learn from Virginia's experience?

The Texas Tribune · Apr 28

Texas daycare accused of H-1B scam in 'pay-to-play' scheme; visas tied to unrelated job roles

A Texas daycare owner has come under scrutiny after a video surfaced showing him being confronted over claims that his businesses sponsored dozens of foreign workers through the US H-1B visa programme.Critics decribed it as a “pay-to-play” scheme.

The Times of India · Apr 28

Texas DACA recipient will be allowed to return after Trump administration deported him

José Contreras Diaz, 30, was arrested earlier this year during an immigration-related appointment and missed his son’s birth. He was deported to Honduras, the country he left when he was 8.

The Texas Tribune · Apr 28

Court Clears Way For Texas State Police To Arrest Undocumented Migrants

An appellate court has ruled in favor of a 2023 Texas law allowing state police to arrest undocumented migrants

International Business Times · Apr 28

Teen mariachi trio detained by ICE to open for Kacey Musgraves in Texas

Gámez-Cuéllar brothers were arrested alongside parents in February and later released after bipartisan backlash

The Guardian - US · Apr 28