Blanco County landowners sue Kinder Morgan over contaminated water Houston Chronicle: The pipeline company Kinder Morgan violated the Safe Drinking Water Act when it spilled tens of thousands of gallons of drilling fluid into Blanco MORE
The original article appeared in the Houston Chronicle. But because of the paywall, News Views will use Politicususa as our source for this discussion. Just days after Donald Trump admitted that he told his staff to slow MORE
Despite the current rise in COVID-19 cases in Texas, the Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath said in a Thursday statement that returning to school in the fall would be “safe. Texas plans to send children MORE
Complaint filed over Ken Paxton’s tactics to limit mail-in voting Paxton said eligibility for absentee voting has not been expanded. A state judge’s order says otherwise. Source: Two men have accused Texas AG Ken Paxton MORE
Kids once denied special ed being failed again Source: And another one: More than two years after the U.S. Department of Education demanded that Texas education officials provide extra help for thousands of students denied MORE
West Texas Ector County Sheriff Mike Griffis said during a news conference Tuesday that his officers were alerted that the owner of Big Daddy Zane’s in West Odessa, Texas, opened her bar even though Gov. Greg MORE
‘And then, boom’: Outbreak shows shaky ground as Texas opens Associated Press: Barely a week ago, rural Lamar County could make a pretty good argument for Texas’ reopening on Friday. Then an outbreak at a MORE
Federal judges on Monday lifted restrictions Texas, Ohio and Alabama imposed on abortion during the coronavirus pandemic in decisions that could have repercussions for several more Republican-led states that have deemed the procedure non-essential during the crisis. MORE
“No one reached out to me and said, as a senior citizen, are you willing to take a chance for your survival in exchange for keeping the America that all America loves for your children MORE
Texas became the latest state to ban abortions “to comply with the state’s temporary suspension of surgeries that are not deemed ‘medically necessary’ amid the COVID-19 outbreak.” “Any type of abortion that is not medically necessary MORE
InfoWars founder Alex Jones was arrested near Austin on Tuesday morning for driving while intoxicated, according to the Austin American-Statesman. Jones, 46, lives in Austin and was booked at 12:37 a.m. and released at 4:11 MORE
From Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office: Port Arthur, Texas – D’Adrien L’Quinn Anderson was sentenced by County Court at Law #2 Judge Terrance Holmes today for an incident that occurred August 19, 2019, at the MORE
Ahead of SuperTuesday’s delegate rich primary, former Democratic rivals showed up to support and endorse former VP Joe Biden for the 2020 Democratic nominee. Senator Amy Klobuchar and Beto O’Rourke all took the stage and endorsed MORE
Below, are quotes from John Burnett’s interview with several Trump supporters directly affected by Trump’s Stupid Wall. For more details, please listen to the audio clip from NPR or visit their site. Back in 2008, MORE
In case anyone was in doubt about just how ugly the 2020 election season will be, last week should have served as a five-alarm warning. The Signal: Big-city mayors in Texas want to maintain the MORE
Occidental starting widespread layoffs in Houston and beyond Occidental Petroleum is initiating a broad layoff effort this week that will stretch from Houston to Denver as the Permian Basin’s leading oil producer aims to cut MORE
“Your job is your job. Your job has nothing to do with religion,” the manager says on one of the videos. The job requires a specific uniform. [The hijab] is not a part of the MORE
Philippa “Phil” Ashford was killed on New Year’s Eve by what police believe was celebratory gunfire. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez wrote in a statement that the 61-year-old woman was celebrating New Year’s by setting MORE
Two people are dead and another is in critical condition after a shooting at a church in White Settlement, Texas, officials said. The shooter is believed to be one of those three people, said Fort MORE
Two people were killed and at least six others injured during an apparent drive-by shooting during the filming of a music video in the Houston area Friday night, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office said. When MORE
A proposal for a $569 million bond failed, then passed and could fail again after the discovery of missing ballot box from the November election. Source: Monday morning elections officials opened a recently found ballot MORE
Back in May, Georgia Clark, a former high school English teacher in Fort Worth, posted a series of tweets asking Trump to remove undocumented students from her school. At the time Ms. Clarke posted her MORE
At least two people were killed and 14 others were wounded during an unofficial college homecoming party outside Greenville. The crime occurred at The Party Venue in Greenville and involved students from Texas A&M Commerce MORE
It looks like Energy Secretary Rick Perry, described by colleagues as one of the “three amigos” on U.S. policy on Ukraine, will step down at the end of the year, President Donald Trump told reporters on Thursday. MORE
This is an update to a previous News Views article: The Fort Worth police officer who fatally shot Atatiana Jefferson in her home Saturday morning resigned Monday, interim Police Chief Ed Kraus said. The officer MORE