It's Almost Election Time!

It's almost that time again. On Nov. 4, registered vot - ers will once again have the opportunity to participate in our democracy by exercising their right to vote. There will be 17 statewide constitutional amendments on the upcoming ballot. These...

Who will fund the arts in North Texas? Gen Z and Millennials say not me

Luis Tiliano spent weeks looking forward to a Twenty One Pilots concert. He paid about $250 for a ticket and $170 on his outfit of a T-shirt, thrifted floral pants and special edition Air Jordan 13 sneakers. But he isn’t interested in dropping at...

The Latest: Social Security cost-of-living increase announcement delayed by government...

Projections by Senior Citizens League and the AARP anticipate a COLA increase of roughly 2.7%. About 70.6 million people, including retirees, disabled people and children, get Social Security benefits. The Latest: Trump’s public schedule,...

It’s Almost Election Time!

EXAS It’s almost that time again. On Nov. 4 registered voters will once again have the opportunity to participate in our democracy by exercising their right to vote. There will be 17 statewide constitutional amendments on the upcoming ballot....

Mariannette Miller-Meeks addresses Navy anniversary, school visit, and government shutdown

Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, who represents Iowa’s 1st district in the U.S. Congress, posted a series of messages on her official X account addressing national and local issues between October 13 and 14, 2025.On October 13, Miller-Meeks...

Curling Canada unveils team uniforms for 2026 international competition

Canadian curling athletes will hit the world stage next year in new team uniforms unveiled Tuesday in Thunder Bay, Ont. Curling Canada says the uniforms, designed by an artist from the northwestern Ontario city, “evoke meaningful imagery rooted in...

Orlando Magic watch guide 2025-26: How to stream, international games, TV schedule

With the Indiana Pacers and Boston Celtics on the mend, the Eastern Conference looks ripe for the taking. The Cleveland Cavaliers and New York Knicks figure to be big players, but otherwise there’s a near-unobstructed path to a top-four finish and...

VENU Unveils Multi-Season Amphitheater Renderings for McKinney, Texas and Broken Arrow, Oklahoma Venues

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 15, 2025-- Venu Holding Corporation (“VENU” or the “Company”) (NYSE American: VENU), the disruptive live entertainment company changing the way fans experience concerts, today released innovative...

He Fought Trump’s Texas Power Grab. Now He’s Defending Himself in Court.

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. For months, political fighting in Texas consumed the nation’s attention, as Republicans, at Donald Trump’s insistence,...

Democrat Gina Hinojosa launches campaign for governor in Texas

(CNN) — Texas state Rep. Gina Hinojosa, a Democrat and South Texas native, is launching a run for Texas governor Wednesday, entering a crowded Democratic primary to challenge Republican Gov. Greg Abbott in 2026. “Our fight right now is against the...

RWOYA hosts Texas senator

The feds are cutting off public money for all Planned Parenthoods, following a playbook that began in Texas

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. On Sept. 30, Planned Parenthood’s Gulf Coast branch in Houston, which ran the organization’s largest clinic in the...

‘Chaos, confusion and instability:’ Pitt’s School of Law hosts panel on Trump’s executive orders

Trump has issued 209 executive orders during the first nine months of his second term. Legal and public health experts broke down those orders during a panel at Barco Law Building Tuesday evening, saying Trump’s executive orders pose a threat to...

How Julian Brave NoiseCat Changed His Mind About Climate Politics

In much of the country, electricity markets are set up to optimize the delivery of energy on very short time frames at the lowest cost, and to ensure ancillary services that can keep the grid stable from second to second. Then there are capacity...

Texas lawmakers launch new investigation into July flood disaster

(CNN) — A group of Texas lawmakers have been appointed to investigate the circumstances surrounding the catastrophic July 4 flooding that killed at least 136 people in central Texas. “In July, Texans were deeply saddened by the deadly flooding on...

Omokri, U.S. Mayor, JNI Chief Fault Cruz’s Genocide Claim

* Demand proof of state’s role in Nigeria’s security crisis Sunday Aborisade in Abuja Nigerian author and social commentator, Reno Bemigho Omokri, alongside Mike Arnold, the Republican Mayor of Blanco City in Texas, USA, and Prof. Khalid Aliyu,...

Air traffic controller shortage worsens amid government shutdown

A startling message came over the radio from an air traffic control tower near Los Angeles less than a week into the federal government shutdown: “The tower is closed due to staffing.” Without enough air traffic controllers to guide planes into...

Supreme court hears Voting Rights Act challenge that could affect control of Congress – US politics live

Supreme court begins oral arguments in Voting Rights Act caseOral arguments have started in the case challenging the constitutionality of a redrawn congressional map in Louisiana. Janai Nelson, the president of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, kicked...

One of O.C.’s loudest pro-immigrant politicians is one of the unlikeliest

Until recently, no one would have mistaken Arianna Barrios for a wokosa. The Orange city council member comes from O.C. Republican royalty. Her grandfather, Cruz, was a Mexican immigrant and civil rights pioneer who registered with the GOP in the...

Pasadena councilman joins lawsuit claiming Texas’ new congressional maps weaken Hispanic voting power

PASADENA, Texas – A Pasadena councilman has joined civil‑rights groups including LULAC and MALDEF, in a lawsuit challenging Texas’s new congressional maps, saying the mid‑decade redraw was rushed, weakens minority voting power, and was done for...