Houston-area resident questions $5K Aqua Texas bill
Melinda Speryl said Aqua Texas billed her and her husband for 209,000 gallons of water, with most of the usage allegedly occurring on two separate days during the month.
Melinda Speryl said Aqua Texas billed her and her husband for 209,000 gallons of water, with most of the usage allegedly occurring on two separate days during the month.
The district’s board voted this week to sue Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath and other state officials, arguing that changes to the school funding system have reduced local control over taxation and spending.
Nearly three weeks after the fatal ICE shooting of Lorenzo Salgado in Houston’s East End, Democratic members of Congress held a hearing Friday to examine the case and the broader use of force by federal immigration agents.
In a statement, the Austin FC Academy said it became aware in December 2025 of allegations involving youth-on-youth misconduct among a group of academy players.
A crystal-like substance found inside the van of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, who was fatally shot by an ICE agent in Houston earlier this month, tested negative for narcotics or other illicit drugs, according to U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia, the Harris County District Attorney’s Office and the family’s attorney.
Texas officials confirmed a third flood-related death Friday as Gov. Greg Abbott warned that dangerous conditions will continue for communities downstream along the Nueces River for several more days.
A Texas Department of Public Safety K-9 helped locate and apprehend a suspected MS-13 gang member after tracking him for nearly five miles in Uvalde County earlier this month, state officials said.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into LinkedIn over allegations that the platform advertised fake or misleading job opportunities to users who pay for Premium subscriptions.
Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday signed an executive order directing multiple state agencies to investigate and crack down on what the state describes as unlawful birth tourism schemes operating in Texas.
A Harris County judge set bond at $800,000 Wednesday for a Houston funeral home director accused of posing as the spouse of a deceased man in an alleged scheme to steal an estate valued at more than $2 million.