Year 1 of Texas’ House Bill 8, the legislation that created an outcomes-based funding formula for the state’s community colleges, went well and its sophomore campaign should go better, according to people…
Yard Barker – Arch Manning changes mind about appearing in ‘EA Sports College Football 25’
After initially deciding against appearing in the “College Football 25” video game, Texas Longhorns quarterback Arch Manning pulled a Uno reverse card. Read: Read More
KTSM News – Disaster declaration granted in aftermath of Beryl
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Acting Texas Gov. Dan Patrick said Tuesday a federal emergency disaster declaration was granted by President Biden in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl. The disaster declaration through FEMA will…
Border Report – Missing Washington state child found in Mexico
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – A man and a child missing from Washington state since June 3 have been found safe and sound in Mexico. Authorities in Pullman, Washington, had been…
El Paso News Sun Metro Awarded $30 Million For New Low-Emission Buses
In an announcement made today by the US Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration, El Paso’s Sun Metro was selected to receive nearly $30.6 million to buy new low-emission buses. The city’s…
Texas Monthly – Millions of Texans still lack power as temperatures climb
Power companies and Texas officials say restoration efforts could take days after Hurricane Beryl knocked out power for nearly 3 million electricity customers. Read: Read More
KTSM News – Crash involving motorcycle, van turns fatal in West El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The Special Traffic Investigations unit responded to a fatal crash Tuesday morning, July 9, in West El Paso, according to El Paso Police. Police say the crash…
El Paso Matters – Opinion: 30 years after his death, Chabad Rebbe’s impact has grown, including in El Paso
By Rabbi Levi Greenberg Ten years ago, in the summer of 2014, bestselling author Joseph Telushkin came to El Paso for an event at the University of Texas at El Paso promoting…
Texas Monthly – The Architect Behind Texas’s Painted Churches Was So Good, His Peers Had “Steeple Envy”
Texans You Should Know is a series highlighting overlooked figures and events from Texas history. September 4, 1906, was a joyful day in Fredericksburg. On that date, many of the town’s 1,600 or…
Texas Monthly – Welcome to Hot Katydid Summer
Katydids prefer to be heard rather than seen. The insect’s name, an onomatopoeic transcription of the male mating call, first appeared in print in 1784, in Scottish American physician J.F.D. Smyth’s travelogue…