A record 5.7 million Texans are expected to travel at least 50 miles from home over the extended Independence Day holiday period, according to projections released Wednesday by AAA Texas.
A new federal waiver will fast-track up to 17 more miles of border wall construction in South Texas, as DHS resumes projects halted under the previous administration.
Lubbock Public Health has confirmed the presence of West Nile Virus (WNV) in mosquito samples collected within Lubbock County, officials announced Tuesday.
Four years after Gov. Greg Abbott announced Texas would be the first state to build its own border wall, lawmakers have quietly stopped funding the project, leaving only scattered segments covering a small fraction of the border.
The Texas Education Agency released the spring STAAR test results for grades 3-8 on Tuesday. Students meeting grade level surpassed pre-pandemic levels statewide.
