AUSTIN - A new fourth holding facility for unaccompanied minors will be opening up in West Texas. Texas Governor Greg Abbott has tasked the Texas Commissioner on Environmental Quality to make sure the water is safe for consumption at the…
AUSTIN - Gov. Abbott blasted the Biden Administration for the conditions of the federally run unaccompanied minor facilities in Texas caused by the sudden surge of minors coming across the border. The Governor said water at the federally run unaccompanied…
Originally Published: 19 MAR 21 12:43 ET Updated: 19 MAR 21 14:45 ET Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large (CNN) -- In an interview that aired Thursday with the Texas Tribune's Evan Smith, one thing about George W. Bush was:…
Originally Published: 17 MAR 21 19:27 ET By Annie Grayer and Kristin Wilson, CNN (CNN) -- The House of Representatives passed legislation in rare bipartisan fashion Wednesday to award the Congressional Gold Medal to officers of the US Capitol Police…
AUSTIN - Gov. Abbott announced the expansion of Operation Lone Star to include efforts to crack down on human trafficking related to illegal border crossings. As part of this expansion, Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) troopers and agents, as…
VICTORIA, Texas- On Monday District 27 Congressman Michael Cloud toured the southern border in El Paso with Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy and several other Members of Congress. He said in a press release the goal was to shed light on…
1. Coronavirus A growing number of European countries are temporarily halting the rollout of the AstraZeneca vaccine after reports of a handful of cases of blood clots in people who have received the shot. The suspensions go against the advice…
AUSTIN - The U.S. government will use downtown Dallas' convention center to hold up to 3,000 undocumented immigrant teens as sharply higher numbers of border crossings have severely strained the current capacity to hold youths. The Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention…
Originally Published: 15 MAR 21 05:25 ET Updated: 15 MAR 21 10:51 ET By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) -- For about a year, Texas businesses have done whatever they could to stay afloat. As Covid-19 ravaged the state and the…
Originally Published: 15 MAR 21 09:38 ET Updated: 15 MAR 21 10:57 ET By Ralph Ellis, Joe Sutton and Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) -- Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo, who gained a national profile by criticizing President Donald Trump and…
AUSTIN – Governor Abbott and National Border Patrol Council (NBPC) President Brandon Judd issued a joint statement on the announcement the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will hold a mass vaccination clinic next week in the Rio Grande Valley to…
Originally Published: 11 MAR 21 03:19 ET Updated: 12 MAR 21 02:35 ET By Christina Maxouris, Ray Sanchez, Steve Almasy and Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) -- Exactly one year after the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus a pandemic…
1. Stimulus President Biden signed into law the sweeping $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package yesterday, putting to rest months of Congressional rancor and debate. Americans could start seeing those much-awaited $1,400 stimulus payments as early as this weekend. In addition…
KAVU-TV- Hannah E. Ernst lost her grandfather to COVID-19 last May. The 16-year-old now creates artwork using photos of loved ones who died from COVID-19. She said victims of COVID-19 are not just a number and explains on her Facebook…
WASHINGTON D.C. - On the one-year mark of the COVID-19 pandemic, President Joe Biden will address the nation Thursday night. It will be his first televised prime time address and it begins at 7 p.m. CT and is anticipated to…
Texas- The FBI is looking to solve a missing persons case involving three women. Blasa Guadalupe Palomo, 38, Blasa Guadalupe “Lupita” Palomo, 18, and Perla Ercia, 38 were last seen March 3, 2021 in a white 2014 Toyota Corolla (TX…
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The University of Texas’ long-awaited report on “The Eyes of Texas” has found that the school song has “no racist intent,” but the school president said athletes and band members will not be required to sing…
Originally Published: 08 MAR 21 12:01 ET Updated: 08 MAR 21 16:15 ET By Brian Stelter, CNN Business (CNN) -- Harry and Meghan's interview with Oprah Winfrey was a cultural earthquake, with upwards of 17 million viewers measured by Nielsen's…
Originally Published: 08 MAR 21 18:25 ET Updated: 08 MAR 21 19:19 ET By Jonathan Reiner Editor's note: Jonathan Reiner, MD, is a CNN medical analyst and Professor of Medicine and Surgery at George Washington University. The views expressed in…
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Originally Published: 03 MAR 21 14:41 ET Updated: 03 MAR 21 18:29 ET By Betsy Klein and Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) -- President Joe Biden sharply criticized states such as Texas and Mississippi for lifting Covid-19 restrictions against pleas from…
LUBBOCK, Texas- Today Gov. Abbott said all businesses of any type are allowed to open 100% starting next Wednesday. He is ending the statewide mask mandate as well. He called Lubbock a shining star in Texas and in the nation.…
1. Coronavirus The threat of coronavirus variants is growing, and CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky warns that, if we're not careful, their spread could reverse falling case numbers and delay the recovery that's just now coming over the horizon. In…
TEXAS - About 390,000 Texas residents were still under boil water advisories as of midday Monday, almost two weeks after a winter storm slammed large swaths of the South. The Texas Commission of Environmental Quality (TCEQ) website shows there are 399 active boil…
