TribCast: Inside Texas’ massive ICE detention facilities
The sprawling immigration lockups are serving as a national blueprint. What’s life like for detainees?
Abbott legal brief criticizes Paxton’s rushed lawsuit against Harris County’s immigrant legal fund
“Perhaps the Attorney General only recently learned of this program; perhaps the office’s attention was focused elsewhere,” lawyers for Abbott wrote, noting the fund has existed for five years.
Texas will require proof of legal immigration status to get professional licenses
Officials approved the change after hearing from speakers who argued it would hamper the state’s economy and push immigrants to work without licenses in the black market.
Corpus Christi council votes to begin process to remove mayor
Mayor Paulette Guajardo faces allegations of misconduct over a 2024 hotel development project.
After killing its desalination project, Corpus Christi explores buying water from a privately owned plant
The City Council rejected building a plant to turn seawater into drinkable water because of the cost and environmental concerns. Now it’s looking at water from a different plant.
Elon Musk company selects proposed mile-long Dallas tunnel
The Boring Company said it would begin assessing the feasibility of building an underground tunnel connecting a university with a new development.
After years of pushing for better jobs, Rio Grande Valley leaders land high-skilled manufacturing plant
McAllen leaders hope the new Valeo manufacturing plant is a sign that the region, one of the most impoverished in the state, can attract better-paying jobs for its college graduates.
Texas quietly shuttered Operation Lone Star booking facility in Del Rio
Gov. Greg Abbott had opened two such sites as he surged thousands of DPS troopers and Guard members to the Texas-Mexico border.
Texas Education Agency orders public schools to remove mentions of Cesar Chavez from lessons
Schools were also directed to cancel or change celebrations of the late civil rights leader amid allegations of sexual abuse.
Supreme Court rejects appeal from Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed
Reed has sought to test crime-scene evidence that he says will help clear him of the killing of 19-year-old Stacey Stites in 1996.