An American athlete at the 2024 Olympics has spent her time in Paris making numerous doctor appointments because the healthcare is free in the Olympic village. In a series of TikTok videos, Ari Ramsey, a rugby player for the US, whose team won the bronze medal, has narrated her experience with free healthcare and has criticized the US expensive healthcare system.

Houston will use a $19 million grant to implement a program to create an interconnected traffic system where cars can communicate with other cars, traffic lights, cyclists, and other actors to prevent crashes and accidents. According to the Houston Chronicle, the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) announced it has installed...

Shelters on the U.S. southern border are seeing a drop of up to 60 percent in migrant populations. The reason is likely President Joe Biden’s recent Executive Order limiting asylum claims that went into effect in June combined with efforts by the Mexican government. “We started seeing a much...

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr, will be on the Texas general election ballot this November, despite Democrat’s push to keep him out of the ballots. Texas Democratic Party officials challenged Kennedy’s application, claiming that most of the petition signatures he gathered were invalid. However, after a thorough review, state Elections Director Christina Worrell Adkins confirmed in a letter on Thursday that Kennedy’s application had been accepted. “Your name will appear on the ballot for the 2024 General Election as an Independent candidate for the Office of President of the United States,” Adkins stated.

Senators Criticize CenterPoint’s Unused Generators, But Their Own Bills Enabled It RFK Jr. Will Be On 2024 Texas Ballot, Could Kamala Harris Benefit From This?. Writer, editor, photographer and editorial cartoonist Nick Anderson has joined the Reform Austin newsroom, where he will employ the artistic skill and political insights that earned a Pulitzer Prize to drive coverage of Texas government. As managing editor, Anderson is responsible for guiding Reform Austin’s efforts to give readers the unfiltered facts they need to hold Texas leaders accountable. Anderson’s original cartoons will be a regular feature on RA News. “Reform Austin readers understand the consequences of electing politicians who use ideological agendas to divide us, when they should be doing the hard work necessary to make our state government work for everyone,” Anderson said. “As a veteran journalist, I’m excited about Reform Austin’s potential to re-focus conversations on the issues that matter to common-sense Texans – like protecting our neighborhoods from increasingly common disasters, healthcare, just to name a few.” Anderson worked for the Houston Chronicle, the largest newspaper in Texas, from 2006 until 2017. In addition to the Pulitzer, Anderson earned the Society of Professional Journalists’ Sigma Delta Chi Award. He’s also a two-time winner of Columbia College’s Fischetti Award, and the National Press Foundation’s Berryman Award. Anderson’s cartoons have been published in Newsweek, the New York Times, the Washington Post, USA Today, the Chicago Tribune and other papers. In 2005, Anderson won the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning while working for the Courier-Journal in Louisville, Kentucky. The judges complimented his “unusual graphic style that produced extraordinarily thoughtful and powerful messages.”

In the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl, Texas Sen. Phil King and other Senators were vocal in their criticism of CenterPoint Energy’s decision to lease $800 million worth of massive generators that remained unused. However, King sponsored most of the bills that made it easier for the company to acquire the generators.

A recent Harris County Commissioners Court meeting turned tense and personal, leading to calls for decorum as emotions ran high. In the discussion, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo blasted Commissioner Adrian Garcia for allegedly glaring at her. “I just don’t like this kind of rude behavior from males. I’m sorry...

According to a new report by GIFFORDS, gun deaths have risen 63 percent since Governor Greg Abbott took office. The old adage of an armed society being a polite society has never been proven true. The simple matter is that the more people own guns, the more people die by them. There is broad scientific consensus on that, with only a handful of discredited proponents saying otherwise.

Texas attorneys and human rights advocates are leading a major lawsuit against the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) for the lack of air conditioning in Texas prison. The suit alleges that inmates’ health is in danger and that more than 85,000 Texans are affected. As reported by the...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott made a highly controversial statement during a Wednesday edition of CNN’s The Lead with Jake Tapper, claiming that Democrats are trying to “murder babies” through their abortion policies. Abbott referenced reports that Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, recently chosen as Vice President Kamala Harris’...

A viral TikTok video highlighted that Texas doesn’t allow people to register to vote online, the state uses vague language to trick people into thinking they are. Adrienne Quinnn Martin, the Democratic party chair of Hood county, said that in the past elections, she received phone calls from people saying they were turned away on Election Day.

Governor Greg Abbott has declared victory in his voucher fight, but Texas Democrats are gearing up to flip enough seats in November to stop the Governor’s top priority. There are a little more than a dozen races to follow, and according to State Representative Gina Hinojosa, only three more Democratic seats are needed to block vouchers again.

Texas Landowner Sues Federal Government For Trying To Take His Land To Build Border Wall… Again. Writer, editor, photographer and editorial cartoonist Nick Anderson has joined the Reform Austin newsroom, where he will employ the artistic skill and political insights that earned a Pulitzer Prize to drive coverage of Texas government. As managing editor, Anderson is responsible for guiding Reform Austin’s efforts to give readers the unfiltered facts they need to hold Texas leaders accountable. Anderson’s original cartoons will be a regular feature on RA News. “Reform Austin readers understand the consequences of electing politicians who use ideological agendas to divide us, when they should be doing the hard work necessary to make our state government work for everyone,” Anderson said. “As a veteran journalist, I’m excited about Reform Austin’s potential to re-focus conversations on the issues that matter to common-sense Texans – like protecting our neighborhoods from increasingly common disasters, healthcare, just to name a few.” Anderson worked for the Houston Chronicle, the largest newspaper in Texas, from 2006 until 2017. In addition to the Pulitzer, Anderson earned the Society of Professional Journalists’ Sigma Delta Chi Award. He’s also a two-time winner of Columbia College’s Fischetti Award, and the National Press Foundation’s Berryman Award. Anderson’s cartoons have been published in Newsweek, the New York Times, the Washington Post, USA Today, the Chicago Tribune and other papers. In 2005, Anderson won the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning while working for the Courier-Journal in Louisville, Kentucky. The judges complimented his “unusual graphic style that produced extraordinarily thoughtful and powerful messages.”

A landowner in rural Starr County, Texas, is suing the federal government for attempting to take his property for new border wall construction, just after a judge ruled that the land should be returned to him. As reported by the Border Report, Florentino Luera filed a federal lawsuit in McAllen’s...

Bexar County GOP officials threatened to file a lawsuit against Texas House District 11 Democratic candidate Kristian Carranza for changing her last name from Thompson, alleging she did the change to appeal Latino voters. According to the San Antonio Current, Carranza legally changed her last name from Thompson to Carranza...

A Texas felon convicted for his actions during the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has nonetheless been able to renew his Texas voter registration. Christian Glen Cortez of Seabrook can be seen on an Instagram video advancing into the capitol building and at one point appearing to threaten a capitol police officer. Cortez can be heard on the video screaming “Fuck you! Oath breakers! Oath breakers! You’re a fuckin’ oath breaker!”

Governor Greg Abbott has declared victory in his voucher fight, but Texas Democrats are gearing up to flip enough seats in November to stop the Governor’s top priority. There are a little more than a dozen races to follow, and according to State Representative Gina Hinojosa, only three more Democratic seats are needed to block vouchers again.

Texas Has Claimed More Medals Than Most Countries At The Olympics Harris County Pivotal Battleground For Texas Democrats: Morales vs. Hull!. Writer, editor, photographer and editorial cartoonist Nick Anderson has joined the Reform Austin newsroom, where he will employ the artistic skill and political insights that earned a Pulitzer Prize to drive coverage of Texas government. As managing editor, Anderson is responsible for guiding Reform Austin’s efforts to give readers the unfiltered facts they need to hold Texas leaders accountable. Anderson’s original cartoons will be a regular feature on RA News. “Reform Austin readers understand the consequences of electing politicians who use ideological agendas to divide us, when they should be doing the hard work necessary to make our state government work for everyone,” Anderson said. “As a veteran journalist, I’m excited about Reform Austin’s potential to re-focus conversations on the issues that matter to common-sense Texans – like protecting our neighborhoods from increasingly common disasters, healthcare, just to name a few.” Anderson worked for the Houston Chronicle, the largest newspaper in Texas, from 2006 until 2017. In addition to the Pulitzer, Anderson earned the Society of Professional Journalists’ Sigma Delta Chi Award. He’s also a two-time winner of Columbia College’s Fischetti Award, and the National Press Foundation’s Berryman Award. Anderson’s cartoons have been published in Newsweek, the New York Times, the Washington Post, USA Today, the Chicago Tribune and other papers. In 2005, Anderson won the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning while working for the Courier-Journal in Louisville, Kentucky. The judges complimented his “unusual graphic style that produced extraordinarily thoughtful and powerful messages.”

So far, Texas athletes have claimed more medals than most countries participating in the 2024 Paris Olympics. According to Kxan, by Monday, Texas’ native athletes and those who trained or competed at Texas Universities have won a total of 30 medals, which is just below Australia and above countries such as Japan, Italy and South Korea. Texas has achieved about a third of the U.S. medals.