Warmer Texas winters mean more crawfish and extended fishing season
Warmer winter temperatures in Texas have led to a stronger crawfish harvest this season and an earlier start for fishermen, according to producers and agricultural experts.
Warmer winter temperatures in Texas have led to a stronger crawfish harvest this season and an earlier start for fishermen, according to producers and agricultural experts.
More than 40,000 pregnant people in Texas waited longer than one month for their Medicaid applications to be processed over the past year, according to data released by Texans Care for Children, raising concerns about delays in access to prenatal care.
The New Braunfels City Council voted Monday night to terminate City Attorney Valeria Acevedo following a dispute over the interpretation of the city’s mayoral election results that led to a reversal from an initial election declaration to a runoff.
Texas school districts are experiencing a statewide decline in student enrollment that could continue in the coming years, state education officials and policy analysts told lawmakers during a hearing in Austin on Monday.
Allison Orr, the artistic director of Forklift Danceworks, has been named a 2026 Doris Duke Artist Award recipient, organizers announced, granting her an unrestricted $525,000 prize.
About 76,000 fewer students enrolled in Texas public schools during the current academic year, marking the first non-pandemic decline in nearly 40 years, according to a report released Monday by Texas 2036, which found that Hispanic students accounted for most of the decrease.
A cold front brought a line of severe storms across the Austin area on Sunday evening, producing wind gusts, hail, heavy rain, and lightning and causing widespread power outages, according to weather officials and utility reports.
Plastic piggy banks, now being referred to as “sea pigs,” have been repeatedly found washed ashore along the Texas coastline during weekly beach surveys, according to field observations from coastal monitoring efforts.
Harris County Treasurer Carla Wyatt was arrested Saturday in Galveston County on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, according to jail records.
Maternal mental health advocates and clinicians in Houston highlighted the emotional and medical challenges surrounding pregnancy loss and postpartum mental health ahead of Mother’s Day, emphasizing the prevalence of untreated conditions and gaps in care across Texas.