The Latest Breaking News from Texas

College Football Week 1 Takeaways: LSU Rolls Past Clemson, Michigan Stuns Western Michigan on Hail Mary

Oregon survived a scare from Boise State, while Ohio State, Georgia and Alabama rolled. Here are the keys to Saturday’s slate.

Sports Illustrated · Sep 5

Communities nationwide are fighting furiously against data centers. The companies behind them are turning to politics

IN FOCUS : ‘The moral of the story is, trying to bypass communities in developing these data centers is not working, and they’re going to take it to the polls,’ said one expert, Josh Marcus reports

The Independent UK · Sep 5

Paxton’s ethical financial dilemma

The Texas Senate nominee appears to have omitted rental income and multiple mortgages from his recent disclosures

Salon · Sep 5

Former Cowboys running back Emmitt Smith is sued by investor over wind farm project

NFL career rushing leader Emmitt Smith is being sued by a Native American investment company over claims that the former Dallas Cowboys running back and his business partners misappropriated a $2.5 million loan that was supposed to fund a wind farm project in Texas

The Independent UK · Sep 4

50,000 Troops, No End Date: What the Pentagon's Iran Extension Means for Texas Military Families

The Pentagon is locking in an Iran deployment through 2027. Hispanic troops, overrepresented in the ranks, face the longest strain.

Latin Times · Sep 4

Elon Musk’s super PAC starts spending to boost Ken Paxton in Texas

Musk’s super PAC recently dropped almost a quarter-million dollars boosting the Republican Senate nominee, who has seen a recent surge in outside support yet continues to lag in fundraising.

The Texas Tribune · Sep 4

Texas Labeling Islamic Group a Terrorist Organization Infringes on Campus Free Speech

By labeling this group a terrorist organization, the state is chilling more than Muslims' freedom of expression.

Reason · Sep 4

With under 60 days until the midterms, there is still plenty of time to change the entire political map

ANALYSIS: The Iran war, Elon Musk’s cash and who decides to spend money in Texas could all be curve balls this cycle, Eric Garcia writes

The Independent UK · Sep 4

Beyoncé Releases Selena Quintanilla Duet 31 Years After 'Como La Flor' Became a Tejano Classic

Beyoncé has released a posthumous collaboration with Selena Quintanilla that brings two Texas-born music icons together across three decades, making "Irreemplazable (Como La Flor)" the defining surprise on the expanded 20th-anniversary edition of B'Day.

Latin Times · Sep 4

Texas man sentenced to 20 years in prison over death of teen in 1980s

James Elmore Jr sentenced in death of Laura Miller, whose body was found in 1986 in notorious ‘Texas Killing Fields’

The Guardian - US · Sep 4