Austin’s warnings about ice storms, power outages will improve, mayor says
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Austin Mayor Kirk Watson has promised to revamp the city’s emergency communications after officials fumbled warnings about this week’s ice storm and the subsequent power outages that will last days for many residents. […]
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Ted Cruz files bill limiting senators to two terms as he runs for his third | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz reintroduced a bill last week to limit senators from serving more than two six-year terms, even as he stands by plans to run for his third. The bill is […]
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Judge blocks Odessa City Council from firing city manager, attorney | #citycouncil
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. An Ector County district judge issued a temporary injunction against the city of Odessa this week, effectively reversing the Republican-backed City Council’s decision to terminate two city employees without cause last month. The […]
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Texas lawmakers warming to opioid harm-reduction policies they once opposed | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Texans seeking help for substance use can call the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s free help line at 800-662-4357. They can also access services in their region through the Texas Health and Human Services website. Texas lawmakers are changing their tune about how to tackle a growing fentanyl crisis in the state ahead […]
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El Paso mayor declares state of emergency over migrant crisis
Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser issued an emergency declaration Saturday night to address the surge in migrants crossing the southern border, citing the dangerous winter conditions and shelters lacking the capacity to meet the demand […]
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Houston Mayor Sylvester shares details about cancer diagnosis
Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. For more than four months, the mayor of the nation’s fourth-largest city let few people know he had been diagnosed with bone cancer. Not even his 35-year-old daughter was aware. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner publicly […]
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Republican confidence grows as they eye a South Texas congressional sweep | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. BROWNSVILLE — Texas Republicans are brimming with optimism ahead of Election Day over their ability to deliver historic wins in the Democratic stronghold of South Texas by flipping three key congressional races. And South Texas […]
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Houston mayor: Chemicals in soil in Fifth Ward will change cleanup plans
Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said a plan submitted to Texas environmental regulators to remediate legacy rail yard contamination in a north Houston neighborhood won’t be sufficient after the city’s health department found toxic chemicals in […]
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Chicago mayor’s office calls Texas migrant busing strategy racist
Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Gov. Greg Abbott announced late Wednesday that Chicago is the latest destination to which Texas will bus migrants as part of a strategy to bring attention to the influx of people arriving from the southern […]
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Greg Abbott’s migrant busing stirs crisis for New York Mayor Eric Adams
This story was published in partnership with THE CITY, a nonprofit, nonpartisan, digital news platform dedicated to hard-hitting reporting that serves the people of New York. When he appeared on Fox News’ “Hannity” last week, Gov. Greg Abbott kept smiling. Four months prior, he had announced that the state of Texas was planning to bus […]
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