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According to a Texas Tribune investigation, an estimated 13,000 Flock license plate reading cameras are operating across Texas, funded through a $1 addition to car insurance policies that state lawmakers approved, effectively requiring all policyholders to finance the surveillance infrastructure. The Tribune reported the funding...

A weather system developing over the Gulf of Mexico is strengthening and prompting tropical storm warnings for portions of Texas and Louisiana, according to CBS News meteorologist Zoe Mintz. The forecast update tracks the system's intensification and expected impacts on the Gulf Coast region.

President Trump signed an executive order on Friday at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, creating a U.S. Space Academy designed to train the next generation of space leaders, engineers, and civil operators. Trump stated at an Artemis II crew award ceremony that the...

The Ross Fire has burned over 90,000 acres across Jack and Palo Pinto Counties west of the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area since igniting on Monday, August 24. As of August 29, containment stood at 12%.

President Trump made a joke about his relationship with Senator Ted Cruz at a Friday event featuring both the president and the Texas Republican. Forbes Breaking News reported on the exchange.

Christian Castro, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, was charged with shooting a man and lying about it during an immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis. A U.S. District Judge in Texas refused to order Castro's return to Minnesota, leading to his release from a Brownsville...

State Sen. César Blanco and politics reporter Alejandro Serrano discuss growing bipartisan outrage over plans to build border barriers in Big Bend, Texas's largest national park. The Texas Tribune segment examines the political backlash to the barrier construction proposal.