Black Texas Farmers Were Finally On Track To Get Federal Aid. The State’s Agriculture Commissioner Is Helping Stop That.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, running for re-election, has made a point in recent months of dramatising what he frames as the “crisis” at the US-Mexico border. Last year, Mr Abbott sent Texas National Guard troops to the state’s southern border in mission called Operation Lone Star, announcing that if Mr Biden refused to secure the border, Texans would do it themselves. That plan, however, has been roundly criticised by participants who say that they have faced pay delays and substandard living conditions. Earlier this month, Mr Abbott launched another plan: Texas would bus migrants who arrived in the state all...

Five Texas refineries exceeded federal limits on benzene pollution, a known carcinogen, as reported by an Environmental Integrity Project in 2021, with self-reported data from the Environmental Protection Agency. Short-term exposure to benzene can cause dizziness, headaches, irritation to the eyes, skin, and respiratory tract, and damage to the blood...

A new poll from the Episcopal Health Foundation shows that Texans have consistently supported Texas expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act despite opposition from the Republican-led government. Texas has the dubious honor of leading the United States in terms of raw numbers of residents without medical insurance of any...

Operation Lone Star, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s Border mission has been mostly funded with federal coronavirus aid, around roughly $1 billion that could have been used to strengthen the country’s response to the ongoing pandemic. While Abbott has repeatedly rerouted state money to his immigration crackdown – that...

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, emergency allotments were authorized under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act to help address temporary food needs during the pandemic for...

EXCLUSIVE: A group of Republican senators is introducing legislation to block the Biden administration from sending personnel and funding from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to alleviate the crisis at the southern border. The senators are alarmed by the Biden administration's announced termination of Title 42 on May 23,...

Texas governor Greg Abbott shares more details about the shooting, including that the shooter posted three times before the attack – follow the latest news

May is almost here, and millions of households are looking forward to their next SNAP payments. See: Surprising Things You Can Buy With Food StampsFind: SNAP 2022 -- Is My State Giving Out Extra Money...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has one foot out the door, as he eyes national office in 2024. His calling to the White House might leave the rest of Texas politicians scrambling to clean up his mess, as his recent decisions veering the state to the far-right seriously endanger it. Over...

Disclaimer:This article is for informational and educational purposes only. American residents are facing high inflation. As a result, they have to pay extra for day-to-day things such as surging gas prices and increasing grocery prices.

Operation Lone Star members are getting short-changed when it comes to health and death benefits. Since it was Gov. Greg Abbott who deployed them instead of President Joe Biden. “We don’t get any of the — or most of the — federal protections and benefits,” Maj. Gen. Thomas M. Suelzer,...

Gov. Greg Abbott’s border crackdown continues damaging Texas’ primary trading relationship. Mexican officials intend to respond in kind. Abbott’s enhanced inspections target “cartels that smuggle illicit contraband and people across our southern border.”. Tatiana Clouthier, the Mexican Economy Minister, announced the T-MEC rail corridor, running from...

Last Friday, Gov. Greg Abbott’s was approved with a $495 million transfer from other state agencies to continue funding his border initiative, thus tripling the amount originally budgeted for “Operation Lone Star”. The additional funding comes weeks after Texas military leaders warned they would soon run out...

On Wednesday, Gov. Greg Abbott said he wished to challenge a 1982 U.S. Supreme Court decision requiring state funds from school districts to offer free public education to all children, including those who were not “legally admitted.”. Abbott made the remarks during an interview on the Joe Pags radio...

Under claims that freedom of speech “is under attack in Texas,” a federal appeals court reinstated a Republican-backed Texas law that fights against “Big Tech political censorship.”. The law prohibits large social media companies from banning users over their political viewpoints and was first signed by Gov....

During the Jan. 6 attack, seditious conspiracy group, Oath Keepers, exchanged messages about Rep. Ronny Jacksons’ security as rioters overtook the building, raising suspicion amongst the House committee in charge of investigating the riot. On Monday, the committee released letters directed toward their colleagues, Jackson, Rep. Mo Brooks of...

This piece was published in partnership with The Guardian. Following Monday night’s leak of a Supreme Court draft opinion that would overrule Roe v. Wade — the 1973 case that guaranteed the right to an abortion — Republican state lawmakers are working to make sure they are ready to limit access as soon as is legally permissible.

Palmhurst, Texas, reelected Ramiro Rodriguez Jr. as mayor over the weekend. He died a month ago. Rodriguez Jr. defeated Israel Silva by 95 votes on Saturday. He held the position for 23 years until his death on April 5 at 68 years old. Because Rodriguez Jr. passed after the candidate...

On Tuesday, the head of the Supreme Court confirmed the authenticity of a leaked draft, obtained by Politico, which indicated the Court’s intentions to overturn Roe v. Wade. A staggering blow to women’s rights that would reverse nearly 50 years of constitutional protection for abortion, letting the states set their own restrictions on the procedure.

WASHINGTON, May 25 (Reuters) - Most Americans support stronger gun laws but are less confident that lawmakers will take action in the wake of a spate of mass shootings, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Wednesday. The poll of 940 Americans was conducted one day after a Texas gunman...