Texas state senators unveiled nine bills aimed at restricting the construction of renewable energy in Texas and incentivizing investment in natural gas power plants. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, along with Republican Sens. Charles Schwertner and Phil King, announced the legislative measures during a press conference at the Texas Capitol on Thursday. The bills are aimed…
Texas Lawmakers Introduce Bill Package Restricting Renewable Energy, Incentivizing Natural Gas Power Plant Construction
3 Women Missing in Mexico After Crossing From Texas on Trip
PEÑITAS, Texas—Two sisters from Texas and a friend are missing in Mexico after they crossed the border last month to sell clothes at a flea market, U.S. authorities said Friday. The abduction of four Americans in Mexico that was caught on video last week received an avalanche of attention and was resolved in a matter…
Texas State Lawmaker Introduces Bill to Ban Drag Shows With Kids Present
A Texas state lawmaker has introduced a bill to ban erotic performances in the presence of minors after a Plano bar hosted a drag show attended by families and children last year. Republican state Rep. Bryan Slaton filed House Bill 4129 on Wednesday to stop what he called the sexualization of children in Texas “in the wake…
Biden’s ‘Catch and Release Agenda’ ‘Violates His Constitutional Duty’: Abbott
President Joe Biden’s “catch and release” policy for illegal immigrants coming across the U.S. southern border violates his constitutional duty, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Thursday after a federal court struck down the program. “Yesterday, another federal court announced what Texans—and Americans—have known all along: President Biden’s open border policies are, in the words of Judge…
Major Homebuilder Leaves California for Texas as ‘Blue’ State Business Exodus Continues
March 9, 2023
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A major U.S. homebuilding company has announced plans to move its headquarters out of California, in another blow to the state. Landsea Homes, a Newport Beach, California, construction firm, which designs and builds master-planned communities and houses across the country, announced on Mar. 8 that it would move its corporate headquarters to Dallas, Texas. The firm has developed homes and communities in…
Homebuilder Leaves California for Texas as ‘Blue’ State Business Exodus Continues
March 9, 2023
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A U.S. homebuilding company has announced plans to move its headquarters out of California, in another blow to the state. Landsea Homes, a Newport Beach, California, construction firm, which designs and builds master-planned communities and houses across the country, announced on Mar. 8 that it would move its corporate headquarters to Dallas, Texas. The firm has developed homes and communities in Boston,…
Refiner Citgo Petroleum Posts Record $2.8 Billion Profit for 2022
March 9, 2023
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HOUSTON—Refiner Citgo Petroleum Corp. on Thursday reported a record net profit of $2.8 billion for 2022 on strong motor fuel demand, high margins, and refining output that exceeded its plants’ listed capacity. Rebounding from a loss of $160 million in 2021 and two straight years of losses, the results for last year also exceeded the…
Man Who Killed 4 During Houston Drug Robbery Faces Execution
March 9, 2023
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HOUSTON—A Texas inmate faces execution on Thursday for the drug-related killings of four people more than 30 years ago. Arthur Brown Jr. was condemned for the June 1992 deaths in a Houston home during a drug robbery. Authorities said Brown was part of a ring that shuttled drugs from Texas to Alabama and had bought…
Execution Delayed for Death Row Inmate Who Cut Out His Eyes
HOUSTON—Next month’s scheduled execution of a Texas death row inmate, whose attorneys say gouged out both of his eyes—each a separate incident—because of severe mental illness, was delayed by a judge on Tuesday. Andre Thomas had been set to be executed on April 5, sentenced to death for fatally stabbing in March 2004 his estranged…
Nursing Home Residents Urge Texas Lawmakers to Raise Medicaid Allowance
March 9, 2023
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During a hearing with the Texas Human Services Committee this week, nursing home residents urged lawmakers to pass a bill to increase the Medicaid Personal Needs Allowance (PNA). Democrat state Rep. Senfronia Thompson introduced HB 54, which would raise the PNA from $60 to $85 monthly if passed. (pdf) PNA is the income nursing home…
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