New study estimates Texas abortion restrictions contributed to nearly 9,800...
The study tracked an uptick in live births that came nine months or more after Texas passed Senate Bill 8, which restricted abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.
View ArticleJudge says DPS must release documents related to Uvalde shooting response
The state police agency had been withholding nearly all of its records on law enforcement’s botched response to Texas’ deadliest school shooting. DPS will have an opportunity to redact the files before...
View ArticleUT Austin scientists discover first-known Jurassic vertebrate fossils in Texas
The fossilized remains are believed to be from an extinct marine reptile called a plesiosaur. The discovery of the fossils is solid evidence of Jurassic life in the state.
View ArticleBill allowing schools to hire chaplains stirs controversy, pushback
Gov. Abbott signed the measure into law. Now, districts have until March 1 of next year to vote on having chaplains on staff.
View ArticleSupreme Court kills Biden's student debt plan in a setback for millions of...
The court unanimously dismissed on standing grounds a challenge to President Biden's groundbreaking plan to forgive some or all federal student loan debt for tens of millions of Americans.
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court rejects Biden’s student-loan forgiveness plan
The cancellation of up to $20,000 of debt would have benefited more than 5 million Texans.
View ArticleCarlos Uresti, former state senator, released from prison early
Uresti left prison Friday morning after serving just under four and a half years into his 12 year sentence.
View ArticleSA police union fined for 'hidden' spending in 2021 ballot fight
The Texas Ethics Commission fined the San Antonio Police Officers Association for breaking elections code by misfiling hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign expenditures. Reform advocates say...
View ArticleTexas Matters: Abbott's Floaties, Solar Saves Texas and Banning Forensic...
As border communities celebrate a victory against building a border wall, Abbott’s floating river barrier is about to be built. Solar power is saving the Texas grid during the record-breaking heat wave...
View ArticleSAPD officer awaiting indictment for the murder of Melissa Perez was nearly...
The senior San Antonio police officer now awaiting indictment for the murder of Melissa Perez was nearly fired six years ago, according to public records obtained by TPR.
View ArticleThe battle over who gets to tell Texas history is brewing into a war
Texas State Historical Association members can’t agree on the makeup of the group’s board. And Executive Director J.P. Bryan, a descendant of Stephen F. Austin, is suing.
View ArticleEnvironmental groups raise alarms about the dredging of the Matagorda ship...
The ship channel in Lavaca Bay near the towns of Port Lavaca and Port O'Connor lies in a mercury tainted Superfund cleanup site.
View ArticleInmates are dying in Texas prisons, but the state seldom acknowledges heat as...
Since a heat wave gripped Texas, at least nine inmates, including two men in their 30s, have died of heart attacks or unknown causes in prisons lacking air conditioning. It’s been 11 years since the...
View ArticleThe heat is making squirrels 'sploot' — a goofy act that signals something...
As climate change is making extreme heat events more common, these bright-eyed and bushy-tailed critters are 'splooting' to cope.
View Article1984: The Last Great Year of Pop
Michael Jackson thrilled, Madonna wowed, Prince had doves cry and Lionel Richie couldn’t slow down: it was 1984. This was a year the changed the music industry and American culture. And it was the last...
View ArticleHow a rock radio station fought against the war and changed America
An American revolution started in Boston. A radio station that played rock and roll that other stations banned from the air produced the soundtrack that was against the war in Vietnam, flamed consumer...
View ArticleWomen are returning to the job market in droves, just when the U.S. needs...
The pandemic was hard on working women, but they've come roaring back into the labor force. The share of working-age women who have jobs or want one hit an all-time high in May.
View Article‘That’s somebody’s baby girl’ — Fort Worth mass shooting eyewitness focused...
Michael Lockhart was an eyewitness to a chaotic shooting in Fort Worth's Como neighborhood over the July Fourth holiday that left three people dead and eight wounded.
View ArticleThe evolution, impact of drums in modern music and society
From jazz to present-day pop, drum kits make up one of the most transformative musical inventions. In his book "Kick It," musician, professor and author Matt Brennan dives into the history of drums and...
View ArticleEl Paso victims will speak this week at sentencing of Walmart mass shooter
The Walmart shooter faces life in prison. In February, he pleaded guilty to 90 federal charges including hate crimes.
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