Trump admin’s tariff-free beef imports haven’t lowered prices much
Cattle prices for ranchers have fallen since the executive order to bring in lean beef from Argentina.
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Fact-check: Why a viral Texas voter registration claim doesn’t prove fraud in the 2026 midterm elections
Conservative social media accounts are using federal voter registration figures to question Democrats’ sweeping victories. But the data doesn’t show evidence of widespread voter fraud.
Read article →‘Texas may never be the same’: The historic Democratic takeover of the midterm election
It’s been decades since Democrats have had control in Texas government.
Read article →Texas Standard for Nov. 9, 2026: Why Texas Republican voters broke with their party
Texas Republicans’ loss of statewide power has prompted questions about fractures within a party that had dominated state politics for decades.
Read article →Texas Standard for Nov. 5, 2026: How Texas’ Democratic sweep could change the state’s political identity
Texas has spent decades serving as a national symbol of Republican political power. Tuesday’s election overturned that image with Democratic victories up and down the ballot, leaving Texans and political...
Read article →Texas Standard for Nov. 4, 2026: Texas Democrats score historic wins across the state
After more than three decades of Republican dominance in statewide politics, Texas voters delivered a dramatic shift in power. Democrats won the governor’s race, a U.S. Senate seat and most...
Read article →Stars and screenwriters in town for the Austin Film Festival
The Texas capital city hosts a bit of Hollywood for the 2026 Austin Film Festival. The festival runs through Nov. 5.
Read article →Texas terror: Rounding up the horror movie classics with ties to the Lone Star State
Fangoria magazine’s creative director has gathered a slew of films — from cult favorites to notable sequels and reboots.
Read article →Texas judges on the state’s highest courts are on the midterm ballot. Here’s what to know
Texas’ high court judges make rulings that change state law, shape crucial daily legal processes like child custody and, in the case of the Court of Criminal Appeals, decide matters...
Read article →Austin-area residents are pushing for data center bans. State leaders are divided on what to do next
Across Texas, Democrats and Republicans alike are calling for limits on data centers’ water and power use, but efforts to regulate the rapidly growing industry have gained little traction amid...
Read article →John Whitmire had big plans for Houston. But the city’s strong-mayor system has been hitting walls
Challenges between municipal and state policies have put up some hurdles in enacting his agenda.
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