Friday, October 18

State

Candidates in the upcoming Republican primary runoff election have shared their opinions on President Joe Biden’s plans to enforce anti-gun measures. “Red flag laws,” for example, allow law enforcement to ask a court to temporarily take away firearms from someone who could potentially be a threat to themselves or others. Supporters of red flag laws argue […]

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As anti-Israel demonstrations sweep college campuses nationwide, legal constraints are preventing universities from meeting agitators’ demands to divest from Israel in Texas. Universities in the Lone Star State have seen their share of anti-Israel protests and encampments. Most notably, University of Texas campuses in Austin, Dallas, and Arlington have seen considerable activity, leading to the arrest […]

Inmates studying the culinary arts whipped up a Mexican-inspired menu for attendees of a renaming dedication ceremony at a Texas prison in Gatesville last week. The Mountain View Unit, a female prison housing up to 645 inmates, including those on death row, was renamed the Patrick L. O’Daniel Unit in honor of the former Texas […]

A new program funded by the state has given around $126 million to small-town police forces to help them hire and keep staff. The Office of the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts revealed the impact of a grant program for rural law enforcement agencies and prosecutor’s offices created by state legislators last year. […]

A recent report has identified a deteriorated utility pole collapsing under its own weight and igniting dry grass in the Texas Panhandle as the catalyst for the largest wildfire in the state’s history. The Texas House committee specially formed to investigate the devastating and deadly blaze that ravaged the region earlier this year published its […]

Over the weekend, Border Patrol agents in Texas intercepted three individuals attempting to enter the United States illegally, all of whom were sex offenders convicted of crimes against children. U.S. Border Patrol Chief Jason Owens reported via X that the apprehensions occurred in Eagle Pass, Rio Grande City, and Cotulla. All three individuals had prior […]

The City of Amarillo may soon become the latest “Sanctuary City for the Unborn” in Texas — continuing the momentum anti-abortion activists seem to have in the state. Amarillo’s Sanctuary City for the Unborn Ordinance Initiating Committee turned in 10,322 signatures to the city secretary on Thursday, reported The Texan. The group claimed it verified […]

An El Paso grand jury has indicted 140 unlawful migrants who allegedly caused a riot along the border after a judge released them earlier in the week due to a lack of probable cause. A county judge had previously chosen to dismiss the charges for the alleged migrants involved in the April 12 riot along […]

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