Tag: Texas

More Than 800,000 Without Power in United States From Winter Storms

More than 800,000 homes and businesses were without power in the eastern half of the United States and Texas as winter storms battered much of the country, according to data. U.S. utilities were working to restore power after the storms moved on from their service territories but some were still dealing with high winds. The…


Texas’ Economic Outlook Weakens, Dallas Fed Says

The Texas economy has softened with lower labor demands and manufacturing output, according to the latest report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. On Thursday, the Dallas Fed said wage and price pressures have also eased, adding that it previously overestimated the state’s full-year job growth. “There is also evidence that Texas payroll job…


Border Crossings to Explode if Title 42 Ends, Texas Democrat Warns

Title 42 is the only thing keeping a tsunami of illegal border crossings at bay in the United States, according to Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas). It’s estimated that a record-breaking 8,000 illegal immigrants are coming across the southern border per day, the highest in history. That number could more than quadruple in a week if…


San Diego Judge Blocks Part of Newsom’s Gun Law

A San Diego federal judge this week blocked part of California’s new gun law modeled after a Texas abortion law after finding the legislation unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez issued an injunction (pdf) Dec. 19 preventing the state from enforcing a provision of Senate Bill 1327 passed in July that would have allowed the…


Texas 2020 Election Audit ‘Very Serious Issues’ in Harris County

Secretary of State John Scott’s office has released the final phase of its 2020 general election audit of Collin, Dallas, Harris, and Tarrant Counties. The audit released on Monday showed the most serious issues occurred in Harris County, followed by Dallas with two large problems, including “phantom voters.” Tarrant County administered a “quality, transparent election”…


Texas 2020 Election Audit Finds ‘Very Serious Issues’ in Harris County

Secretary of State John Scott’s office has released the final phase of its 2020 general election audit of Collin, Dallas, Harris, and Tarrant Counties. The audit released on Monday showed the most serious issues occurred in Harris County, followed by Dallas with two large problems, including “phantom voters.” Tarrant County administered a “quality, transparent election”…


Federal Agency Investigates School District For Removing LGBT Books From Library

The U.S. Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights is investigating a North Texas school district after its superintendent was secretly recorded giving instructions to librarians to remove books containing LGBT themes from the library. The Office notified officials from Granbury school about the investigation on Dec. 6. The investigation stems from a letter of complaint filed…


Temperatures Fall Far and Fast as Winter Storm Threatens US

MISSION, Kan.—Temperatures plunged far and fast Thursday as a winter storm began forming ahead of Christmas weekend, promising heavy snow, ice, flooding, and powerful winds across a broad swath of the country and complicating holiday travel. The National Weather Service reported that temperatures across the central High Plains plummeted 50 degrees Fahrenheit in just a…


Texas Judge Strikes Down Rule Allowing Teens to Get Birth Control Without Parental Consent

A Texas judge has ruled against a federal program that enabled minors to obtain birth control from physicians without informing their parents, but did not block clinics from providing them. U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk ruled Tuesday that the Title X program violates parental rights and state law. While he struck down the secrecy component of…


‘I’ve Never Seen It That Bad’: Texas Congressman Describes Conditions at Overcrowded Border Processing Center

Rep. Tony Gonzalez (R-Texas) on Dec. 21 said that the conditions at a processing facility on the U.S.-Mexico border were the worse he’s ever seen it. Gonzalez, in an interview with Fox News, made the remark while discussing a video he filmed at a processing center in El Paso, Texas, last week. “I’d been to…