By Cat Cardenas, The Texas Tribune May 18, 2018 *Correction appended When it comes to Texas agencies, the State Office of Administrative Hearings operates in relative obscurity. Ask the average person what the office does, and he or she probably won’t have an answer. But the office, whose judges preside…

By: Dan Heyman, Public News Service – WV CHARLESTON, W. Va. – Changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) now under debate in Congress would mean an explosion of red tape and bureaucracy for states and the poor, according to a new report. Rules added to SNAP, formerly known…

(PRESS RELEASE) My name is Luis Alfonso Ruiz. I’m the Chairman of the Maverick County Democratic Party. I have received information about an allegation of irregularity in the electoral process that Mrs. Enriqueta Diaz made public through Facebook. No member of the Maverick County Democratic Committee received any information about…

By Emma Platoff, The Texas Tribune May 18, 2018 A school shooting just before 8 a.m. Friday morning at Sante Fe High School, south of Houston, has left at least eight people dead, according to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez. At a media briefing Friday morning, Gonzalez said the death…

By: Mary Kuhlman, Public News Service – KY FRANKFORT, Ky. – The ability to pay for medical care is a challenge for a majority of Kentucky adults, according to a new survey. Data from Altarum’s Healthcare Value Hub showed that nearly three in four adults in the state have been…

By Emma Platoff, The Texas Tribune May 17, 2018 One railroad commissioner doesn’t have the power to fire the executive director of the agency — but it’s not clear whether that’s what happened last fall when former director Kimberly Corley was pushed out of her post, according to an opinion…

By: Eric Tegethoff, Public News Service – WA SEATTLE – Companion bills in Congress aim to increase oversight and put a moratorium on the additional construction of immigration detention centers. The Detention Oversight Not Expansion (DONE) Act introduced by Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) is in…

By Daniel Levitt, The Texas Tribune May 17, 2018 Mark Fox cringes every time he relives the day his worst weather nightmare came true. April 3, 2012, was a hot and humid day in North Texas, and the unstable atmosphere spawned 17 tornadoes in five hours in the Dallas-Fort Worth…

By Sydney Greene, The Texas Tribune May 17, 2018 SUGAR LAND — At a glance, volunteers at Sri Kulkarni’s campaign headquarters are no different than those for congressional campaigns across the country — huddling over laptops, tapping voters’ numbers into their cell phones and concentrating on the call scripts in…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018 The Eagle Pass, Texas Police Department reports receiving a 911 call regarding a young child was left inside a locked automobile with its windows closed at the Eagle Pass High School parking lot at approximately 4:30 P.M. on Wednesday, May…