Gov. Greg Abbott announced today a $19,108,579 Texas Semiconductor Innovation Fund grant to Texas Tech University for a next-generation computing cluster in Lubbock.
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Lionsgate acquired North America and U.K. rights to Alma Har'el's Wet, starring Connor Storrie and Rebecca Ferguson. The plot is undisclosed.
U.S.-mediated talks in Abu Dhabi ended with a Russia-Ukraine agreement on a large prisoner exchange, but not a peace settlement. Envoys were set to meet Putin and Zelenskyy.
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Gov. Greg Abbott announced today a $19,108,579 Texas Semiconductor Innovation Fund grant to Texas Tech University for a next-generation computing cluster in Lubbock.
Lionsgate acquired North America and U.K. rights to Alma Har'el's Wet, starring Connor Storrie and Rebecca Ferguson. The plot is undisclosed.
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Texas community groups received $29.2 million under a five-year CDC HIV prevention grant that expired Sept. 30. A one-time DSHS award of $5,242,163 follows, according to compiled figures.
The Nov. 5 announcement covers Inspiration Tower and Prism, nearly 2 million square feet of new space, with openings planned in 2032 and 2030. No construction start date was given.
A November HHSC report shows 1,149 waiting for non-maximum-security forensic beds and 477 for maximum-security beds. Statewide average waits were 163 and 213 days.
DSHS Safe Riders explains Transportation Code 545.412 — younger than 8 unless taller than 4'9" — fines $25–$250, and how families get free seats and checkups before Thanksgiving trips.
Flu season usually peaks December through February. State health officials explain the symptoms, how flu spreads before you feel sick and simple ways to protect family.
On November 11, the SS United States slipped beneath the Gulf off Florida, ending a long second life at a Philadelphia pier and beginning a third — as the world's largest artificial reef and an unusually large scientific experiment.
TPWD drew 14 Big Time Texas Hunts winners from 149,114 entries that raised more than $1.35 million for wildlife research, habitat work and public hunting. The next entries go on sale May 15, 2027.
Applications for Texas game warden and state park police cadets opened Nov. 1 and close Dec. 31. The 35-week academy near Hamilton begins Oct. 1, 2027, and there are no lateral transfers.
Pope Leo XIV arrived in Peru and told authorities in Lima that, with gratitude, he is also returning to his homeland. Local authorities estimated a crowd of about three million.
In a Nov. 10 letter, two USCCB chairmen asked the Senate to pass S. 4814, citing violence in Haiti and weekly deportation flights. The letter is a request, not a new law.
At the Basilica of Our Lady of Luján, Pope Leo XIV urged Argentines to confess faults, take Scripture as a guide, and go on mission, then left for Peru.
Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass in Córdoba before about 650,000 people, then told a Buenos Aires vigil of about one million to reject modern idols and become saints.
A bipartisan Oct. 30 letter signed by 91 members of Congress asks House leaders to invite the first American-born pope to a joint session in January. No invitation has been announced.
A state filing confirms a 150,657-square-foot IKEA project at The Woodlands Mall, but the opening date and JCPenney timeline remain unknown.
Texas community groups received $29.2 million under a five-year CDC HIV prevention grant that expired Sept. 30. A one-time DSHS award of $5,242,163 follows, according to compiled figures.
U.S.-mediated talks in Abu Dhabi ended with a Russia-Ukraine agreement on a large prisoner exchange, but not a peace settlement. Envoys were set to meet Putin and Zelenskyy.
Celina’s City Council on Nov. 10 approved an economic incentive agreement for Celina Towne Crossing, a $90 million shopping center that would include the city’s first Target, Community Impact reported.
On November 11, the SS United States slipped beneath the Gulf off Florida, ending a long second life at a Philadelphia pier and beginning a third — as the world's largest artificial reef and an unusually large scientific experiment.
Four bills filed Nov. 9 would ban governmental use of automatic license plate readers, limit how law enforcement may use them, or restrict one insurance-fee stream. They are filings, not law, and would take effect Sept. 1, 2027, if passed.
Pope Leo XIV arrived in Peru and told authorities in Lima that, with gratitude, he is also returning to his homeland. Local authorities estimated a crowd of about three million.
Katy’s City Council unanimously approved a Nov. 9 zoning change for a Zipline drone-charging station in the West Ten Business Park planned development district, the Houston Chronicle reported.
TDCJ has scheduled John Allen Rubio for execution today in the 2003 Cameron County murders of three young children. Last week the Court of Criminal Appeals dismissed a last writ and denied a stay.
