Texas

DPS labs adopt new national science standards

Texas Department of Public Safety announced that its Crime Laboratory Division laboratories have been recognized for voluntarily adopting national forensic…

3 years ago

In wake of Astroworld tragedy, Texas creates new task force on concert safety

A statewide task force will look for ways to beef up security at Texas concerts after the deaths of eight…

3 years ago

Biden’s infrastructure plan will set aside about $35 billion for Texas projects

The influx of capital is set to advance existing transit plans, pay for much-needed repairs, and could lay the groundwork…

3 years ago

Texas schools can again set their own face mask rules after federal judge overrules Gov. Greg Abbott’s ban

The judge said the governor's order impedes children with disabilities from the benefits of public schools’ programs, services, and activities…

3 years ago

Reward increased to $8,500 for November featured fugitive from Missouri City

The reward for Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitive Charles Lee Tillman Jr., who’s this month’s featured fugitive, has been increased…

3 years ago

Abbott signs Senate bill 8, allocating federal American Rescue Plan Act funding

Governor Greg Abbott today signed Senate Bill 8 into law, allocating the nearly $16 billion federal American Rescue Plan Act…

3 years ago

Unvaccinated Texans make up vast majority of COVID-19 cases and deaths this year, new state data shows

By Karen Brooks Harper New data from the Texas health department released Monday proves what health officials have been trying to tell vaccine-hesitant…

3 years ago

Governor Abbott directs TEA to investigate criminal activity involving pornography in public schools

Governor Abbott previously called upon the Texas Association of School Boards to shield children from pornography and other inappropriate content,…

3 years ago

Delta-8 is legal in Texas — for now — after Travis County judge blocks state from criminalizing the cannabis extract

The company argued an injunction was needed because the Texas Department of State Health Services’ Oct. 15 online notice, classifying delta-8 as a...

3 years ago

Gov. Greg Abbott tells state agencies to develop standards to block books with “overtly sexual” content in schools

Meanwhile, another Texas House Republican, state Rep. Jeff Cason of Bedford, has asked Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to launch a statewide investigation...

3 years ago

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