Working Life is a monthly column in which Texans talk about their jobs. Ryan Hampton, who is 52, tests tire performance at the Goodyear Tire Proving Grounds, in San Angelo.I’m originally from Southern…
Texas Monthly – The Great Pig War of Matagorda County
During the COVID-19 pandemic, some people baked sourdough bread. Others worked in their garden or learned a new instrument. Ben Flores and An Huynh began raising 250-pound hogs. The idea came together…
El Paso News Barracuda Bankruptcy Signals Start Of El Paso Economic Downturn
On Tuesday, Barracuda Public Relations, an El Paso public relations firm filed for bankruptcy. As we reported, El Paso is likely to experience mass layoffs this year due to the Trump Administration’s…
El Paso Matters – He died twice after the Juárez migrant center fire. Now he’s searching for life’s meaning.
Wilson Alexander Juárez Hernández died twice – his heart stopping for about five minutes in an ambulance and later for eight minutes in a hospital emergency room. He was brought back to…
Tech Crunch – Google rolls out new vacation-planning features to Search, Maps, and Gemini
Google is rolling out a slew of new features — some powered by AI — across Search, Maps, and Gemini that are designed to help people plan their summer vacations. The new…
Tech Crunch – Times Internet spin-out Abound raises $14M to let more Indian Americans send money home
Abound, a go-to remittance app that was spun off by India’s Times Internet, has raised $14 million in a seed round. Read more: Read More
The Athletic MiLB News – What to expect from the Top 100 and ‘Just Missed’ prospects on MLB Opening Day rosters
Eleven players from Law’s Top 100 and ‘Just Missed’ prospect lists are opening the season on MLB rosters. What’s their 2025 outlook? Read: Read More
Texas Monthly – Voting-rights coalition quits challenge to Texas’ 2021 redistricting after court setback
The remaining plaintiffs in the case are organizations representing Latino and Black voters, with a trial set to begin May 21. Read: Read More
Texas Monthly – Do-it-yourself mental health: Community college students band together to pitch solutions
Students from Texas and across the country are getting help to generate new ideas for campus support systems — and to turn those ideas into reality. Read: Read More
Tech Crunch – NHS vendor Advanced to pay £3M fine following 2022 ransomware attack
NHS vendor Advanced will pay just over £3 million ($3.8 million) in fines for not implementing basic security measures before it suffered a ransomware attack in 2022, the U.K.’s data protection regulator…