How Ole Miss's Win at Oklahoma Impacts Both Teams' College Football Playoff Chances Trinidad Chambliss led the Rebels to a huge road win that puts Mississippi in tremendous shape to reach the playoff. Sports Illustrated · Oct 25, 2025
One injured and suspect arrested in Texas library shooting A person has been shot inside a downtown library in Austin, Texas, prompting a shelter-in-place order for a brief period The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2025
How ‘screw Trump’ messaging may help California’s Proposition 50 prevail Republican opposition to the effort to give House Democrats more safe seats may be no match for the fact that Californians really don’t like Trump The Guardian - US · Oct 25, 2025
‘I need to know how I’m perceived: Texas woman buys a card game at Target and plays with her boyfriend. Then she gets dumped A Texas woman buys a couple’s card game to play as an anniversary activity with her boyfriend. However, his answer to one question leads to her being dumped unexpectedly. The Mary Sue · Oct 25, 2025
Steve Sarkisian Interested in Potential NFL Openings Amid Rocky Texas Start: Report Texas Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian reportedly has interest in potential NFL head coaching jobs, including the Tennessee Titans' current vacancy. His agents quickly released a statement to deny the reports. Sports Illustrated · Oct 25, 2025
‘I don’t know how anyone takes themselves seriously in this job’: Hollywood hotshot Glen Powell talks to Marina Hyde He’s an old-fashioned movie star in a digital age, making box-office smashes like Top Gun: Maverick, Twisters and Anyone But You. Now he’s lining up projects with everyone from Ron Howard to Edgar Wright. Could he be Texas’s answer to Tom Cruise? The Guardian - UK · Oct 25, 2025
Texas’ congressional delegation wants Trump to punish Mexico for missing key water deadline The state’s citrus industry is at risk, farmers say, after Mexico failed to deliver water it owes Texas as part of a 1944 treaty. The Texas Tribune · Oct 25, 2025
The CEO of the Alamo's historic site has resigned after a top Texas Republican criticized her The CEO of the nonprofit managing the Alamo has resigned after a powerful Republican state official criticized her and suggested she has views that are not compatible with the Texas shrine's history The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2025
Ranking SEC Football Coaching Jobs: Is There a Bad Gig Among Well-Resourced Schools? The money, support and fan bases make the top half of the league, like Georgia, Texas, Alabama and LSU, some of the best spots in the country, but also present pitfalls. Sports Illustrated · Oct 24, 2025
Texas higher education enrollment reaches all-time high Student enrollment at Texas colleges topped 1.6 million as of fall 2025, according to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. The Texas Tribune · Oct 24, 2025
‘They don’t ever face any consequences’: Texas high school teacher buys magic wands with own money for students. Then she issues dire warning over Gen Alpha A Texas high school teacher tries to make a lesson more exciting by passing out “magic wands” to each group of students. However, she says she feels defeated after her Gen Alpha students broke the school supplies with no remorse. The Mary Sue · Oct 24, 2025
What you need to know about Texas’ takeover of Fort Worth ISD A takeover is meant to correct the course of struggling school districts. But it can become a fraught process since the district’s elected school board loses its decision-making power. The Texas Tribune · Oct 24, 2025
Space shuttle Discovery fight continues as Texas senators rope Department of Justice into their tug-of-war with Smithsonian Things seem to be escalating quickly… Space · Oct 24, 2025
Governor Abbott Appoints Kyle Hawkins As Justice Of The Supreme Court Of Texas I am pleased to report that Kyle Hawkins is the newest member of the Texas Supreme Court. I got to… The post Governor Abbott Appoints Kyle Hawkins As Justice Of The Supreme Court Of Texas appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Oct 24, 2025
The Texas Tribune · Oct 24, 2025 Former Texas Solicitor General Kyle Hawkins appointed to Texas Supreme Court Hawkins spent two years as Texas’ top appellate attorney, but resigned soon after not signing onto Attorney General Ken Paxton’s 2020 election challenge.
The Guardian - US · Oct 24, 2025 Widow of man shot at Texas ICE facility questions whether political violence is to blame Stephany Gauffeny speaks out after her husband, Miguel García-Hernández, was shot at an ICE center and later died
The Texas Tribune · Oct 24, 2025 Indigenous Peoples Day post revives debate over how the Alamo’s history should be told The post from the official Alamo account was condemned by Republican Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, who said “woke has no place at the Alamo.”
The Texas Tribune · Oct 24, 2025 They’ve never been arrested. Why does the FBI list thousands of service members as potential criminals? Denise Rosales has fallen victim to a military justice process called “titling”— that’s left potentially thousands of veterans saddled with false criminal histories.
The Texas Tribune · Oct 24, 2025 What Texans need to know about Prop 16, the constitutional amendment on citizenship and voting The proposed constitutional amendment would affirm that voters must be citizens, a requirement that’s already in state law.
We Got This Covered · Oct 23, 2025 Texas couple prove that in real life, a ‘Home Alone’ stunt will land you in jail after moving out without telling their 12-year-old son The couple claimed it was all just a misunderstanding.
The Texas Tribune · Oct 23, 2025 Alamo Trust president resigns after Dan Patrick calls for her removal The lieutenant governor has insisted that the Alamo’s story remain focused on the 1836 battle over broader narratives addressing Indigenous people and slavery.
Texas Observer · Oct 23, 2025 Texas Can’t Keep Up with Surge in Workers’ Wage Theft Complaints State labor investigators struggle to process more and more paycheck complaints, with millions of dollars in workers’ pay at stake.
The Texas Tribune · Oct 23, 2025 An East Texas landowner fenced off a community’s favorite fishing spot, igniting multiple legal battles Phillip Surls, a local businessman who owns much of the property around the Cutoff, has argued he blocked access to the stream to protect his cattle and that the waterway is not public.
Roll Call · Oct 23, 2025 Texas Republicans allege Smithsonian broke lobbying law on shuttle - Roll Call Three Texas Republicans urged the Justice Department to investigate their allegations that the Smithsonian broke lobbying law.
Roll Call · Oct 23, 2025 At the Races: More maps, more problems - Roll Call Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including redistricting and campaign launches.