Capital Highlights: April is Child Abuse Prevention Month
by Gary Borders The latest report on child maltreatment fatalities and near fatalities, compiled by…
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News from around the state: Bill tightening voting restrictions in Texas passes Senate committee
A Texas Senate committee on Friday passed an elections bill that would tighten the state’s…
News from around the state: State’s jobless rate still double record low
Capital Highlights by Gary Borders The state’s unemployment rate dropped to 6.8% in January, down…
Capital Highlights: Political fallout from winter storm continues
As Texans across the state continue to deal with the damage from the mid-February winter…
Millions of Texans dealing with water supply issues
Capital Highlights by Gary Borders Warmer temperatures over the weekend and continuing this week melted…
News from around the state: Vaccine pace picks up slowly
by Gary Borders The rate of COVID-19 vaccine administration is slowly increasing in Texas as…
News from around the state: Public access to Legislature up in the air
When the Texas Legislature convenes Jan. 12, a key question is how the public will…
Capital Highlights: Local, state leaders battle COVID surge, each other
by Chris Cobler Texas topped 1 million COVID-19 cases as some counties reimposed restrictions that…
Capital Highlights: Governor, president spotlight actions in pandemic, economic downturn
By Ed Sterling Texas, along with the rest of the nation and the world, continued to…
Capital Highlights: Trump, Biden emerge as winners in Texas primaries
By Ed Sterling Incumbent President Donald J. Trump, who received 94% of the vote in…