by Jay Root and Shannon Najmabadi, The Texas Tribune Dec. 19, 2017 Insecure. Insubordinate. Shameful. Those aren’t even the worst slaps delivered to former state Rep. Harvey Hilderbran, now director of the billion-dollar agency that builds and maintains state office buildings. Here are a few more choice words and phrases…

By: Steve Lang, Sul Ross State University Finding the “perfect job” may be the result of gaining skills and knowledge from not so perfect ones, Dr. Hector Gonzales told Sul Ross State University graduates. Gonzales, the 10th President of Southwest Texas Junior College and a Sul Ross graduate, delivered the…

EAGLE PASS, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seize nearly 62 pounds of methamphetamine at the Eagle Pass Port of Entry. “Our CBP officers maintain constant vigilance in protecting the United States,” said Port Director John Brandt, Eagle Pass Port of Entry. “Keeping dangerous drugs from entering our…

By: Mary Kuhlman/Cynthia Howard, Public News Service – NE LINCOLN, Neb. — The shopping, decorations, baking and parties during the holiday season can leave some folks feeling more misery than merriment. Dr. Diane Marti, public education coordinator at the Nebraska Psychological Association, said the holiday blues are not uncommon. And…

By: Suzanne Potter, Public News Service – CA SACRAMENTO, Calif. — New guidelines from the State of California warn of possible links between cell phones and cancer, and advise people to avoid holding the phone up to their head. The guidelines released Wednesday say that although there is no definitive…

By: Andrea Sears, Public News Service – PA PHILADELPHIA — The child welfare system needs to do more to meet the developmental needs of adolescents, according to a recent study. A report from the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative said scientific findings show brain development continues past the age of…

by Brandon Formby, The Texas Tribune Dec. 15, 2017 HOUSTON — Federal officials narrowed the possible paths for a Dallas-Houston bullet train down to one likely route Friday, providing an unknown number of rural Texans the most definitive answer so far as to whether their land will be in the…

by Steve Miller, RealClearInvestigations, The Texas Tribune Dec. 18, 2017 You won’t find the word “bonus” in the financial statements of the state of Texas. But an increasing percentage of the Republican-run state’s 149,000 full-time employees have been deemed worthy of merit payments intended to reward outstanding service. Those payments…

by Matthew Watkins, The Texas Tribune May 22, 2017 FAYETTEVILLE — For most of her high school career, Madison Mau knew she wanted to attend the University of Texas at Austin, and practically everyone at her tiny rural high school was certain she could do it. Mau is the valedictorian…

by Giulia Afiune, The Texas Tribune Dec. 18, 2017 A housekeeper first told Anita Miranda that she and her family had to leave the hotel room that the Federal Emergency Management Agency had been paying for after Hurricane Harvey forced them from their home. When Miranda, 24, went to the…