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January 8, 2025 Amid a $7 million deficit to Texas’ suicide hotline, thousands of calls are abandoned monthly. The state’s 988 suicide had the nation’s fifth highest rate of abandoned calls in August, the latest data available, amid a multi-million funding deficit that could worsen as federal dollars…
Early voting in Texas is underway. Here is what you need to know
Oct 21, 2024 · From The Texas Newsroom:. Election day is fewer than two weeks away, and while some voters might still be on the fence about whom they’ll cast a ballot for in local, state and national elections, they have another decision to make: Vote early or vote on Tuesday, Nov. 5.
The Origin Of The Word ‘Texas’ May Be Rooted In ... - Texas …
May 30, 2019 · The Origin Of The Word ‘Texas’ May Be Rooted In Something Other Than Friendship “Texas” allegedly comes from the Caddo Native American word for “friends,” but one Spanish researcher is challenging that long-standing story.
Texas has a feral hog problem. Hunting them makes it worse.
Apr 7, 2022 · It’s not hard to hunt feral hogs in Texas. That’s partly because there are so many of them here – the most of any state, experts think – and partly because it’s state policy to make hog hunting as easy as possible.. Feral hogs are among the most destructive invasive species in the United States. Every year, they cause over $1 billion in damage nationwide to crops and property.
Battleship Texas still searching for a home after Galveston wharves ...
Oct 28, 2024 · The U.S.S. Texas is without a home. The Texas is the only battleship still in existence that served in both World Wars. For decades, it sat in the Houston Ship Channel near San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site as a museum.
Nearly 30 years since her death, Selena’s reign as Queen of Tejano ...
Oct 1, 2024 · From the Voces Oral History Center:. Selena Quintanilla-Perez was born on April 16, 1971 in Lake Jackson, Texas. Along with her two older siblings, she formed a band and played at their family’s restaurant and other small venues.
Get ready, Texas. Severe winter weather is expected this weekend …
Jan 12, 2024 · From The Texas Newsroom:. Most of Texas will be hit with sub-freezing temperatures in the next few days as an arctic blast prepares to blanket much of the state. That means the balmy conditions most Texans have enjoyed this week will be replaced by lows forecasted to drop into the teens — or lower — according to national forecasters.
Fact-check: Is Venezuela sending prisoners to the US southern …
Oct 12, 2022 · From PolitiFact:. Republicans have praised Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ recent decision to use taxpayer money to fly two planes of Venezuelan asylum seekers from Texas to Florida to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.. Meanwhile, in Congress, some GOP lawmakers have raised flags about Venezuelan immigrants at the southern border, citing an alleged Department of Homeland Security report saying ...
Hunting Aoudads Is Lucrative, But It’s Also Getting In The Way Of ...
Aug 28, 2019 · Aoudads were brought to Texas in the 1950s as exotic game. Since then, wild populations have flourished in West Texas, which is also the habitat for the endangered desert bighorn.
Pregnant in Texas? Here’s what you need to know to ... - Texas …
Mar 10, 2023 · Texas has the highest rate of uninsured people in the country, according to the latest census data. For some Texans, pregnancy is the first time they can access health services. But navigating public health options for care can be overwhelming. Here's what you need to know.