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Texas food banks feel the squeeze of federal cuts, drop in donations

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Texas food banks feel the squeeze of federal cuts, drop in donations

admin September 3, 2026 0

More Texans have become food insecure due to a rise in natural disasters and less qualifying for...

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SpaceX to fund up to $220M in Brownsville water projects in exchange for land

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SpaceX to fund up to $220M in Brownsville water projects in exchange for land

admin August 31, 2026 0

The city agreed to deannex roughly 445 acres near the Port of Brownsville at SpaceX’s request in...

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Brownsville faces rising home values after the arrival of large employers like SpaceX, Saronic

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Brownsville faces rising home values after the arrival of large employers like SpaceX, Saronic

admin August 31, 2026 0

SpaceX and other large employers have brought a surge of new wealthy homebuyers in the region. As...

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Data center audit lacks specifics even as Gov. Abbott, industry leaders tout it

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Data center audit lacks specifics even as Gov. Abbott, industry leaders tout it

admin August 14, 2026 0

Without key details on the audits but the eagerness to support them, policy watchers question how impactful...

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Corpus Christi voters to decide if industry should pay sharply higher water fees during droughts

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Corpus Christi voters to decide if industry should pay sharply higher water fees during droughts

admin August 12, 2026 0

Activists gathered nearly 13,000 petition signatures to place the measure on the November ballot. Legal challenges are...

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Broadband grants paused as critics allege favoritism toward Elon Musk’s Starlink

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Broadband grants paused as critics allege favoritism toward Elon Musk’s Starlink

admin August 12, 2026 0

The Texas Broadband office made the announcement after facing scrutiny from lawmakers for changing the rules to...

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Texas cuts child care subsidy program. Here’s what that means.

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Texas cuts child care subsidy program. Here’s what that means.

admin August 11, 2026 0

Inflation and federal funding cuts have squeezed Texas’ child care subsidy, causing the Texas Workforce Commission to...

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Texas businesses bracing for a financial hit from U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade limbo

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Texas businesses bracing for a financial hit from U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade limbo

admin July 31, 2026 0

Rising uncertainty has led businesses that depend on the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) pact to pull back...

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Dream Con brought Black nerd culture to Texas, but to keep it, founders say support is needed

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Dream Con brought Black nerd culture to Texas, but to keep it, founders say support is needed

admin July 30, 2026 0

Dream Con, one of the country’s largest Black-owned pop culture conventions, is at risk of looking elsewhere...

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Why lawmakers are concerned about where billions in broadband funding is going

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Why lawmakers are concerned about where billions in broadband funding is going

admin July 28, 2026 0

Texas lawmakers accuse the state broadband office of favoritism and sweetheart deals after satellite internet providers received...

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