Early voting in Texas is underway. Here is what you need to know
Oct 21, 2024 · From The Texas Newsroom:. Election day is fewer than two weeks away, and while some voters might still be on the fence about whom they’ll cast a ballot for in local, state and national elections, they have another decision to make: Vote early or vote on Tuesday, Nov. 5.
New study finds maternal mortality in Texas rose faster than …
Sep 24, 2024 · According to a new study from the Gender Equity Policy Institute, the number of women who have died while pregnant or from labor complications has risen dramatically in Texas, apparently exacerbated by the state’s abortion restrictions passed in 2021.. The study’s findings were published by NBC News, where Zinhle Essamuah was one of the reporters on the story.
Battleship Texas still searching for a home after Galveston wharves ...
Oct 28, 2024 · The U.S.S. Texas is without a home. The Texas is the only battleship still in existence that served in both World Wars. For decades, it sat in the Houston Ship Channel near San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site as a museum.
The Origin Of The Word ‘Texas’ May Be Rooted In ... - Texas …
May 30, 2019 · The Origin Of The Word ‘Texas’ May Be Rooted In Something Other Than Friendship “Texas” allegedly comes from the Caddo Native American word for “friends,” but one Spanish researcher is challenging that long-standing story.
Potential lithium boom simmers in East Texas
Feb 29, 2024 · The lithium-ion battery is one of the inventions that makes the modern world possible. It’s in your cell phone, your laptop, maybe even your car. The device’s essential element – lithium – is therefore in very high demand.. Right now most of the world’s lithium production occurs in Australia and Chile.
Has a big village of tiny homes eased homelessness in Austin?
Jan 10, 2024 · In the next few years, Community First is poised to grow to nearly 2,000 homes across three locations, which would make it by far the nation’s largest project of this kind, big enough to permanently house about half of Austin’s chronically homeless population.
Fact-check: Is Venezuela sending prisoners to the US southern …
Oct 12, 2022 · From PolitiFact:. Republicans have praised Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ recent decision to use taxpayer money to fly two planes of Venezuelan asylum seekers from Texas to Florida to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.. Meanwhile, in Congress, some GOP lawmakers have raised flags about Venezuelan immigrants at the southern border, citing an alleged Department of Homeland Security report saying ...
Pregnant in Texas? Here’s what you need to know to ... - Texas …
Mar 10, 2023 · Texas has the highest rate of uninsured people in the country, according to the latest census data. For some Texans, pregnancy is the first time they can access health services. But navigating public health options for care can be overwhelming. Here's what you need to know.
Get ready, Texas. Severe winter weather is expected this weekend …
Jan 12, 2024 · From The Texas Newsroom:. Most of Texas will be hit with sub-freezing temperatures in the next few days as an arctic blast prepares to blanket much of the state. That means the balmy conditions most Texans have enjoyed this week will be replaced by lows forecasted to drop into the teens — or lower — according to national forecasters.
Texas has a feral hog problem. Hunting them makes it worse.
Apr 7, 2022 · It’s not hard to hunt feral hogs in Texas. That’s partly because there are so many of them here – the most of any state, experts think – and partly because it’s state policy to make hog hunting as easy as possible.. Feral hogs are among the most destructive invasive species in the United States. Every year, they cause over $1 billion in damage nationwide to crops and property.