by Aliyya Swaby, The Texas Tribune Jan. 12, 2017 With the 2017 session underway, Texas lawmakers will have to decide just how — and whether — they’re going to approach a major fixer-upper: the school finance system. School district officials have repeatedly asserted that funding is arbitrary and inequitable across…

Six Volkswagen Executives and Employees are Indicted in Connection with Conspiracy to Cheat U.S. Emissions Tests VW to Pay $2.8 Billion Criminal Fine in Guilty Plea and $1.5 Billion Settlement of Civil Environmental, Customs and Financial Violations; Monitor to Be Appointed to Oversee the Parent Company (Press Release) Volkswagen AG…

(Press Release) The administrator of five Houston-area home health agencies pleaded guilty today to conspiring to defraud the State of Texas’ Medicaid-funded Home and Community-Based Service and the Primary Home Care Programs of more than $7.8 million. These programs provide qualified individuals with in-home attendant and community-based services that are…

(Press Release) In San Antonio, 24-year-old Brennan R. Diaz was sentenced to a total of 56 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for scheming with his mother to steal over $1 million from a local church owned by his grandfather, announced United States Attorney Richard…

To whom it may concern, Please find the below information in regards to action taken during last night’s Commissioners Court Meeting in reference to the Tax Rollback Petition.  Attached is the Resolution that was approved by Commissioners Court. The Tax Rate as per Section 26.05 of the Tax Code was…

by Kiah Collier,The Texas Tribune Jan. 10, 2017 Environmental groups praised and power generators bashed a proposed federal environmental regulation on Tuesday aimed at improving visibility in national parks and wilderness areas in Texas and surrounding states. Both sides agreed that the “BART” rule, which would require 14 older power…

Maverick County General Counsel Robert W. Wilson wrote a letter on January 10, 2017 to Texas Attorney Ken Paxton requesting an Opinion on whether “all documents pertaining to the proposed $8.5 Million Dollar Certificates of Obligation Bonds including the detailed budget and proposed financing terms” are protected from disclosure as…

EAGLE PASS, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents working in Eagle Pass rescued an undocumented immigrant from the Rio Grande River who was suffering from hypothermia.  “Being a Border Patrol agent means more than just enforcing the law,” said Del Rio Sector Acting Chief Patrol Agent Matthew J. Hudak.  “It…

by Abby Livingston, The Texas Tribune WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, a San Antonio Democrat, raised questions on Tuesday about whether any Americans cooperated with Russian intelligence in the hack that hobbled the Hillary Clinton campaign, the Democratic National Committee and a slew of House campaigns across the country…

by Rachel Osier Lindley, Texas Standard, The Texas Tribune Editor’s note: This story is part of a special report by the Texas Standard on Donald Trump’s proposed border wall. Listen to the full report here. It’s just before the holidays in McAllen, a town of 130,000 on the U.S.-Mexico border….