Aug 26 Hurricane Harvey kills five, brings widespread flooding By Michael D. Regan At least five people have died following Hurricane Harvey, which made landfall in Texas late Friday and brought a deluge of rain, power outages and flooding to the state. Continue reading
Aug 25 Watch 11:01 Texas prepares for 'life-threatening' Hurricane Harvey By PBS News Hour Hurricane Harvey is bearing down on the Gulf Coast of Texas, with sustained winds of 120 miles an hour and the potential to intensify. The storm could prove the most powerful the U.S. has seen in more than a decade. Continue watching
Aug 25 WATCH: Texas governor addresses looming Hurricane Harvey By Dan Cooney Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is set to hold a news conference Friday afternoon on Hurricane Harvey. You can watch it here. Continue reading
Aug 23 Watch 7:04 Rep. Hurd: Shutting the government down for a concrete border wall 'doesn't make sense' By PBS News Hour What do Republican lawmakers think about President Trump’s threat to shut down the government if Congress doesn’t fund a border wall? Rep. Will Hurd, R-Texas, who serves on the House Homeland Security Committee, joins Judy Woodruff to offer his reaction… Continue watching
Aug 23 Federal judge again throws out Texas' voter ID law By Paul J. Weber, Associated Press A federal judge has once again thrown out Texas' voter ID law in the latest court defeat for state Republican lawmakers over voting rights. Continue reading
Aug 15 Years-long probe into Texas white supremacist gangs ends with 89th and final conviction By Joshua Barajas On Monday, a judge handed down the last in a series of prosecutions stemming from a 2013 probe that targeted members of various white supremacist gangs, including the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas, selling drugs in the north Texas area. Continue reading
Aug 12 Texas set to restrict insurance coverage for abortion By Will Weissert and David Crary, Associated Press A bill requiring women to purchase extra insurance to cover abortions except amid medical emergencies already cleared the state House after hours of emotional debate. Continue reading
Aug 08 A new low: Texas Democrats don't have candidate for governor By Will Weissert, Associated Press After high-profile candidates lost decisively in the last two elections, the Texas Democratic Party now finds itself in unprecedented territory for the 2018 ballot: with no major candidate to run. Continue reading
Aug 05 Congressmen oppose Texas wildlife refuge as border wall site By Associated Press A group of Texas Democratic congressmen are questioning preliminary plans to build a section of President Donald Trump's proposed border wall through a federal wildlife refuge. Continue reading
Jul 24 Watch 5:17 Death of migrants in Texas shows dangers of human smuggling By PBS News Hour Dozens of people were found packed into a sweltering tractor trailer in San Antonio, Texas, on Sunday, an attempt at human smuggling that left at least 10 dead and nearly 20 others hospitalized. Survivors said there was no air conditioning… Continue watching