Representatives of the Ben Wheeler Volunteer Fire Department appeared at the Wednesday Van Zandt County Commissioners Court meeting to request back-payments of funds.
U.S. Rep. Nathaniel Moran (R-TX-1) spent five minutes questioning Harvard University President Dr. Claudine Gay about the university’s in the House hearing confronting antisemitism on college campuses.
The latest casualties were Senate Bill 5, which would spend $800 million on school safety measures through 2025, and Senate Bill 6, which would change the timeline of a trial after an election contest is filed by a citizen or group.
As the news spread about the death of Henry Kissinger at the age of 100, we went looking for an East Texas tie.We found it in the basement of the University of Texas at Tyler library inside university archives, where photographs and documents reveal more about the U.S. diplomat’s visit to Tyler
Smith County Sheriff Larry Smith held a press conference Thursday to discuss the resignation of Steve Westbrook, former executive director of the Texas Sheriff’s Association.
In August, a judge ruled that the state’s near-total abortion ban should not apply to medically complicated pregnancies. The state appealed that ruling to the Texas Supreme Court, putting it on hold.
Murr, who represents Junction, suggested he wanted to come home to spend more time with family. He had become a target of hardline conservative supporters of Attorney General Paxton.
The debate, scheduled for Sept. 16, 2024, will be the first of four for the general election. The San Marcos school would be the first Texas university to hold a presidential debate, Texas State officials said.
“One thing it’s going to help us on is insurance because we’re paying quite a bit of money for our auto insurance. So that’s going to save us quite a bit. Other than that, they’re just sitting there, batteries going bad. It’s just, it’s better to go ahead and get rid of them if we’re just not going to use them.” said Mayor Jeff Blackstone.
Pinecrest Country Club hosted the 2023 annual Longview State of the City Address. And the update on city improvements and accomplishments was presented in a unique fashion, as an interactive board game.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has called for a historic fourth special session, with the possibility of an unprecedented fifth session looming if necessary.
With Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dade Phelan openly feuding, Gov. Greg Abbott has vowed to call lawmakers back for an unprecedented fifth session in one year.
With three voting for and two against, the Smith County Commissioners Court approved two amended tax investment zones covering downtown and north Tyler.
“We’ve had roughly 4,300 people come to vote in person at our five early voting locations. That number exceeds the total early voting turnouts from the previous two constitutional amendment elections,” Allcon said in an interview with KLTV around 11 a.m. Monday.
Nacogdoches County Election Administrator Vicki Wood said the bonds will impact turnout and expects to see over 250 people at the polls on Monday.“We do expect the turnout to be a little bit heavier this year because of that and also there’s a lot of amendments,” said Wood.
New Diana ISD Superintendent Carl Key says the tax ratification election (TRE) asks taxpayers to pay a little more in property taxes to help with the district’s budget deficit.
Greenville resident Doug Roszhart is one of five Republicans running and he joined East Texas Now to talk about himself, why he’s running and what he hopes to accomplish in Austin should he win.
The measures expand on city ordinances rural Texas cities began passing in 2019 to ban abortion within their boundaries, even if the cities did not have a clinic performing abortions.
Only one Texan, Rep. Pete Sessions, remains in the race for House Speaker. Republicans will hear from the candidates Monday night as they try to fill the job following U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan’s failure to win a majority.
Gregg County Judge Bill Stoudt gave a “State of the County” address on Tuesday afternoon, speaking on topics ranging from taxes, to the county budget, to county vehicles.
“We’re trying to create a package that will work for all 150 members of the Texas House versus 31 in the Senate,” said State Rep. Cody Harris (R-Palestine)
A newly-enacted Texas law calls for a survey of the state’s 1,200 public school districts to review efforts to better educate students about genocide and the Holocaust.
Paxton and Trump have long been closely aligned, with the Texas attorney general leading a lawsuit to challenge the 2020 presidential election results.
