Get informed about all things Texas news in a single email. The most important stories of the day, delivered to your inbox every weekday.
Joined December 2023
- Tweets326
- Following10
- Followers570
- Likes0
Big Bend Border Wall Gets Pushback
Plans to build a border wall in the Big Bend region are facing bipartisan opposition. Locals say it isn’t needed and could hurt tourism and the environment.
Last month, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem waived multiple federal regulations to fast-track construction along the Rio Grande in parts of Big Bend National Park and Big Bend Ranch State Park.
Landowners report contractors are already calling about staging areas for hundreds of workers — and the reaction has been overwhelmingly negative. As Terrell County Sheriff Thaddeus Cleveland put it: “We’ve got a God-made barrier.”
mysanantonio.com/news/local/…
🏆🎣 RECORD BROKEN at Sam Rayburn! 🎣🏆
Pake South of Winnsboro just made Bassmaster Open history at Sam Rayburn Reservoir, landing a three-day total of 96 pounds, 15 ounces at the Turtlebox Bassmaster Open on Saturday — breaking the 2024 record previously set at Florida’s Lake Okeechobee.
At just 21 years old, South also took home $45,408 in prize money! 💰🔥
cbs19.tv/article/news/local/…
The winter storm gripping Texas is doing more than coating roads in ice. It is also producing rare weather events across the state.
In Arlington, strong south winds are pulling moisture off Lake Arlington, creating brief bursts of lake-effect snow, something rarely seen locally. A reporter captured video as flurries moved through the area.
In Austin, steam fog is rising off Lake Travis as Arctic air moves in, a phenomenon caused by sharp temperature differences between the water and the air.
And in College Station, residents are seeing thundersleet from a passing thunderstorm, an event the National Weather Service called “such a rare occurrence.”
Texas just reached a milestone Wall Street is watching closely.
The New York Stock Exchange’s Texas expansion, known as NYSE Texas or “Y’all Street,” has surpassed 100 listed companies less than a year after opening in Dallas. NYSE leaders say the exchange gives companies access to Texas’ pro-business climate while maintaining the credibility and regulatory stability of the New York Stock Exchange.
An unidentified woman pepper-sprayed eight people during a San Antonio River Walk boat ride last weekend after she was confronted about her phone’s volume, according to witnesses.
Full Story >>> jointheflyover.com/thursday-…
Gov. Greg Abbott met with Texas National Guard soldiers and DPS troopers in Eagle Pass on Sunday to thank them for their efforts in securing the border as part of Operation Lone Star.
Full Story >>> thetexasflyover.com/tuesday-…
Texans head to the polls today to vote on 17 proposed constitutional amendments and several major local issues across the state.
Full Story >>> thetexasflyover.com/tuesday-…
A Trump-appointed federal judge in Waco invalidated a state law that aimed to flag school library books for sexual content, ruling it is unconstitutional because it compels speech and is “void for vagueness.”
Full Story >>> thetexasflyover.com/friday-o…
The Texas Medical Board has issued a public reprimand to Dr. Mary Talley Bowden, a Houston physician who made headlines in 2021 when a Fort Worth hospital blocked her efforts to administer ivermectin to a patient with COVID-19.
Full Story >>> thetexasflyover.com/tuesday-…
The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is the first law enforcement agency in the nation to deploy a technology that enables aircraft to detect airborne drones and their operators.
Full Story >>> thetexasflyover.com/friday-o…
U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt of Houston announced he is running for the U.S. Senate on Monday, joining incumbent John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton in competing for the Republican nomination.
Full Story >>> thetexasflyover.com/tuesday-…
DFW International Airport and Dallas Love Field rank among the best North American airports, according to J.D. Power’s annual rankings released yesterday.
Full Story >>> thetexasflyover.com/thursday…
The Texas Military Department has deployed 500 National Guard soldiers to El Paso to work with U.S. Border Patrol in securing the border with Mexico.
Full Story >>> thetexasflyover.com/monday-s…
A Houston imam is warning Muslim-owned businesses to stop selling “haraam”—items like alcohol, pork, and lottery tickets that are forbidden by Islam—or face protests.
Full Story >>> thetexasflyover.com/thursday…
A Texas A&M dean and department head have been removed from their positions after State Rep. Brian Harrison (R-Midlothian) shared videos of a confrontation between a student and a professor of children’s literature this summer regarding instruction related to gender identity.
Full Story >>> thetexasflyover.com/wednesda…
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing California-based software provider PowerSchool over a data breach that compromised the personal and health information of more than 880,000 Texas students and teachers.
Full Story >>> thetexasflyover.com/friday-s…
The Dallas Cowboys open the NFL season tonight with a primetime game against the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles. Dallas enters the game as an 8.5-point underdog.
Full Story >>> thetexasflyover.com/thursday…
Plans to build three extra-high-voltage transmission lines from Central Texas to the Permian Basin have raised concerns among some landowners along the proposed routes.
Full Story >>> thetexasflyover.com/tuesday-…
Federal authorities raided the Houston campus of Kingdom of God Global Church yesterday as agents in North Carolina and Florida arrested its two leaders, David Taylor, 53, and Michelle Brannon, 56. Seventeen people were removed from the former hotel.
Full Story >>> thetexasflyover.com/thursday…
AT&T has agreed to acquire 50 MHz of spectrum licenses from Colorado-based EchoStar for $23 billion in an all-cash deal.
Full Story >>> thetexasflyover.com/wednesda…
