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March 20, 2025

Navy destroyer headed to the southern border region

A U.S. Navy destroyer armed with tomahawk missiles enroute to the gulf waters off the coast of Texas. What’s this all about? Investigative reporter Lauren McGaughy of The Texas Newsroom with word that the Texas government appears to be maintaining a list of people asking for information about changing the sex on their driver’s licenses. […]

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March 19, 2025

Lawmakers renew push for legalized sports gambling

Did the Trump administration defy a court order by sending planeloads of alleged gang members to El Salvador?As wildfire anxiety grows, Austin plans to designate half the city as at risk of fire damage.A bill headed to the Texas House would establish a specialized task force to combat petroleum theft, aiming to curb millions of […]

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March 19, 2025

West Odessa residents take water crisis into their own hands

A Houston-area midwife and two others have been arrested for allegedly performing illegal abortions, marking the first instance of criminal charges under Texas’ restrictive abortion law.In West Odessa, the demand for water has outpaced the infrastructure. Now, a grassroots effort is underway to secure a more reliable water supply.Dallas is working to make it easier […]

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March 17, 2025

West Texas hunter stumbles upon rare mammoth tusk fossil

Weekend winds toppled trucks and fueled wildfires, one of the worst of which is still burning north of Fredricksburg. We’ll get the latest on the Crabapple Fire, which has burned almost 10,000 acres.A hunters’s day out in West Texas leads to an unexpected archaeological trophy: the discovery of a mammoth tusk in a dry creek […]

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March 14, 2025

Fans are overjoyed for Texas’ first women’s sports bar

Emergency officials warn of extreme wildfire dangers across much of the Lone Star State as residents of the Panhandle mark one year since the largest wildfire in state history. The Texas Newsroom’s Rachel Osier Lindley reports on the long road back to normal.From basketball to soccer and more, women’s sports is having a major moment. […]

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March 13, 2025

What are current struggles signaling for Texas-based Tesla?

The Legislature is considering bills that would lift restrictions on how Texas’ maternal mortality committee can investigate maternal deaths, including by reviewing abortion-related deaths.Looking for a Tesla? Or trying to sell one? How politics appears to be reshaping the market for the Texas-based company long considered the leader in the electric vehicle space.Also: Seismic activity […]

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March 12, 2025

Galveston becomes a major hub for the luxury cruise industry

The fight against the measles outbreak in West Texas is being hampered in part by poor infrastructure.Two days before a death row inmate was set for execution, it’s been delayed for the second time. The back-and-forth over evidence – and how victims families are feeling.Another day of high wildfire danger across Texas. How one county […]

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March 11, 2025

How border businesses are reacting to Trump tariffs

The Texas comptroller’s race is underway in what’s expected to be a very crowded field. Who’s running and what’s at stake?President Trump delayed tariffs on products from Mexico for a month. As a new deadline looms, we look at how Texas companies are coping.Also, is testimony from inmates against other inmates reliable? We’ll examine a […]

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