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Texas State Police Gear Up for Massive Expansion of Surveillance Tech
DPS plans to spend millions in taxpayer dollars on a controversial software, used first as part of Governor Abbott’s border crackdown, to “disrupt potential domestic terrorism.”. Everything is bigger in Texas—including state police contracts for surveillance tech. In June, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) signed...
Volleyball report, team of the week as Austin-area school dominate local tournaments
Nearly all local Central Texas teams were active in tournament play last weekend and there were some exceptional performances by schools including Georgetown, Cedar Park, Round Rock, Buda Johnson and Cedar Ridge. But of course, it all starts and ends with two undefeated Austin-area programs: Drippings Springs and Liberty Hill. Here's who those teams...
2-A-DAYS 2024: Holland
HOLLAND, Texas (KWTX) -Holland is aiming to repeat as district champs this season, even with the departure of former head coach Brad Talbert, who retired after last year’s regional semifinal run. New head coach Heath Hohmann will lead the Hornets in 2024, armed with plenty of offensive firepower and a strong defense featuring top defensive back Marc Grinnan.
Rare Sighting: Black Bear Family Seen In Texas National Park
You don't really see black bears in the wild in Texas very often and it's even rarer to see the whole family out roaming around. A visitor snapped a few photos of a mama bear and two cubs foraging on the road in Big Bend National Park, less than 300 miles east of El Paso.
Judge blocks Biden administration from granting legal status to spouses of U.S. citizens
A federal judge in Texas on Monday temporarily blocked the Biden administration from granting legal status to unauthorized immigrants married to American citizens, granting a request from 16 Republican-led states who challenged the new policy.The order by District Court Judge J. Campbell Barker effectively brings to a halt a large immigration program that opened just last week to an estimated half a million immigrants living in the U.S. without legal status. While preliminary and temporary, the ruling is also an early blow to one of the two major moves taken by President Biden in June on immigration, a top campaign...
National park ranger staff is shrinking despite rising visitation, search-and-rescue calls
Park rangers oversee more than 85 million acres of land – an area about half the size of Texas. Last year, however, there were less than 1,200 rangers nationwide, which is nearly 50% fewer than there were back in 2010. Since then, the number of seasonal officers has dropped from more than 800 to less than 50. That’s according to a report from the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), which extracted National Park Service (NPS) data.
Texas Lottery Officials Confirm Two New Texas Millionaires
The jackpot for Friday night's Mega Millions drawing was $535 million. That top prize will now head north to $575 million because nobody matched all six numbers in the latest drawing. However, two Mega Millions players matched all five non-Mega Ball numbers. One was from Tennessee, while the other was...
Judge in Texas orders pause on Biden program that offers legal status to spouses of US citizens
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge in Texas on Monday paused a Biden administration policy that would give spouses of U.S. citizens legal status without having to first leave the country, dealing at least a temporary setback to one of the biggest presidential actions to ease a path to citizenship in years. The administrative stay issued by U.S. District Judge J. Campbell Barker comes just days after 16 states, led by Republican attorneys general, challenged the program that could benefit an estimated 500,000 immigrants in the country, plus about 50,000 of their children. The states accused the administration of bypassing Congress for “blatant political purposes.” One of the states leading the challenge is Texas, which in the lawsuit claimed the state has had to pay tens of millions of dollars annually from health care to law enforcement because of immigrants living in the state without legal status. President Joe Biden announced the program in June. The court order, which lasts for two weeks but could be extended, comes one week after the Department of Homeland Security began accepting applications.
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