No fat to trim: Texas beef industry profits eaten away by new threat — the screwworm
Drought, wildfire, tariffs and now screwworm are straining the beef industry in Texas as the U.S. herd reaches its smallest point in 75 years.
Texas Railroad Commission race pits oil field engineer against energy trader running on culture wars
Republican Bo French is keeping Islam, immigration and LGBTQ+ issues at the fore of his campaign for Texas’ oil regulatory agency. Democratic foe Jon Rosenthal is betting on his technical expertise.
Newly announced TribFest speakers grapple with the country’s hardest questions
Kevin Stitt, Sherrilyn Ifill, Karl Rove, Imani Perry, Carla Espinoza-Grcic and Avi Loeb join us this September
Texas students saw slight gains in math, stalled progress in reading, STAAR results show
Elementary and middle school students attending Texas public schools showed small gains on state math exams but remained relatively flat in reading.
First-of-its-kind GOP midterm convention coming to Dallas in September, Paxton says
The Republican National Committee has not yet announced the midterm convention or its location, but it has teased the event as an opportunity to put Trump on the ballot.
Former Lt. Gov. nominee Mike Collier sues over Texas’ onerous rules for independent candidates
Collier’s lawsuit calls the time limit and number of petition signatures required to get on the ballot “so burdensome” that no independent candidate for statewide office has ever qualified.
USDA has new partners in the fight against screwworm — drones, dogs and fungi
The USDA awarded a combined $105 million to 40 different projects aimed at stopping the spread of New World Screwworm.
TribCast: Deep in the heart of the Texas GOP convention
From live elephants to Islam, TribCast recaps the biggest GOP event of the year with reporters Alejandro Serrano and Renzo Downey
Dems crown Senate nominee in solidly red Alabama ahead of steep midterm climb
Former Judge Everett Wess has won the Democratic Senate nomination in solidly red Alabama, in the race to succeed Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville, who is running for governor this year. Wess defeated small business owner Dakarai Larriett in the Democratic Senate runoff, the Associated Press reported on Tuesday night. Wess and Larriett finished first and second in last month’s primary, in the four-candidate field. But since no one topped 50% of the vote, Wess and Larriett advanced to Tuesday’s runoff election. DEMOCRACY ’26: STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE FOX NEWS ELECTION HUB Wess will be considered the clear underdog in the general election against the Republican nominee. Rep. Barry Moore, who was backed by President Donald Trump, defeated former Navy SEAL sniper Jared Hudson in the GOP nomination runoff election Tuesday. Other than former Democratic Sen. Doug Jones’ 2017 special election victory, it’s been over three decades since a Democrat has won a Senate election in Alabama. THESE MIDTERM RACES WILL DETERMINE WHETHER REPUBLICANS HOLD THEIR SENATE MAJORITY Tuberville, a former Auburn University head football coach, is running for governor this year rather than seeking re-election to the Senate.
Trump-backed candidate sparks runoff against popular prosecutor in key gubernatorial race
Trump-endorsed former Oklahoma state Sen. Mike Mazzei, R-Bixby, and Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond advanced to the August 25 runoff in the Sooner State’s Republican gubernatorial primary, defeating a slew of other candidates vying to replace term-limited Gov. Kevin Stitt. Stitt — recently the top Republican at the National Governors Association — was term limited. Trump called Mazzei a “MAGA warrior” who “will never let you down,” throwing the already crowded contest into further uncertainty. Until that point, Attorney General Gentner Drummond and Mazzei were locked in a tight race with businessman Chip Keating and former Oklahoma House Speaker Charles McCall, R-Tishomingo. THE BALLOT BOX SHOWDOWNS THIS MONTH THAT YOU NEED TO WATCH Trump noted he “won big” in Oklahoma — which, along with West Virginia, is one of only two states with no blue counties in election results. Mazzei is running on top issues, including eliminating state property taxes, protecting state lands from foreign purchasers, increasing the state’s literacy rate, and cutting waste and abuse from government. In the latter regard, Stitt appointed Mazzei as his state budget director for part of his term. Some critics targeted Mazzei for hiring former Nixon campaign figure and Trump ally Roger Stone as a political consultant during his campaign. Stone, one of the most prolific conservative consultants of the 20th century, famously had his Fort Lauderdale home raided in the middle of the night by the FBI while CNN was waiting and filming, sparking national uproar. “Roger Stone is one of many political advisers and teammates that we have going back months and months and months,” Mazzei told Oklahoma City’s ABC affiliate. RELIGIOUS LIBERTY OR GOVERNMENT OVERREACH? OKLAHOMA AG FIGHTS OWN PARTY IN SCOTUS BATTLE OVER CATHOLIC SCHOOL “And, of course, it’s helpful to have someone on your team that’s aware of what’s going on in Washington, D.C. And the aspects of a Trump agenda and how they fit with an Oklahoma agenda.” Drummond is running on his tough-on-crime record as attorney general, immigration enforcement efforts, career as a fighter pilot and ties to Trump similar to those touted by Mazzei. “When his nation called, Captain Gentner Drummond answered with courage. Leading the first U.S. combat mission of the Gulf War, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for “extraordinary achievement.” By the end of Operation Desert Storm, Capt. Drummond was one of the most highly decorated Oklahomans of the war,” a statement on his campaign website reads. Drummond highlighted his efforts fighting “the Biden administration’s radical overreach, including failures on immigration” and policies permitting biological boys in girls’ sports. McCall ran on a platform of “family, faith and moral leadership,” and burnished his state legislature credentials and record. He wants to abolish both the state income tax and property tax, and put forward an economically conservative plan of action. Keating, who also served in the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, noted on his campaign website he is the only former law enforcement officer running for governor. Keating pushed a public safety-first platform targeting trafficking, open borders and Antifa, whom he described as “radical domestic terrorists.”