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June 8, 2023

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton hires prominent lawyer for impeachment trial

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has hired prominent lawyer Tony Buzbee to represent him in his impeachment trial. The trial is set to begin no later than Aug. 28. 2023.

June 8, 2023

Southern US farmers adapt to warm winter with new agricultural techniques, crops

Farmers in the Southern United States had to adapt, by using new methods and growing new crops, after one of the warmer winters in the history of the region.

June 8, 2023

Fentanyl test strips being legalized across country in an effort to combat overdose deaths

Fentanyl test strips are becoming legal in more states as overdoses from the deadly substance continue to be an issue. Nearly 70% of the overdoses in 2022 could be linked to fentanyl.

June 7, 2023

Family of Texas woman fatally shot says incident was a hate crime

A man has been charged with murder after allegedly gunning down a woman outside a gas station near Austin, Texas. The victim's family says the killing should be treated as a hate crime.

June 7, 2023

Lightning strike torches pickup truck in Texas during thunderstorm, wild photos show

A pickup truck in Harris County, Texas, was engulfed in flames after lightning struck the vehicle during a thunderstorm on Tuesday, authorities said.

June 7, 2023

Progressive Texas judge suggests illegal immigrants could receive universal basic income

Progressive Texas Judge Lina Hidalgo pushed back against critics of a universal basic income proposal and suggested that illegal immigrants could receive it.

June 7, 2023

These states are finding creative ways to support free speech on campus

A growing number of governors and state legislatures are funding new centers of teaching and learning on free-market economics and the American founding.

June 6, 2023

Texas man who lured 5-year-old with a sundae before molesting her, sentenced to 20 years

A Houston, Texas senior citizen was sentenced to 20 years in prison for molesting a 5-year-old girl who he lured with ice cream in 2011.

June 6, 2023

Texas 7-Eleven employees attacked on video for refusing to sell cigar to minor

Mesquite, Texas, police are looking for a group of juveniles that attacked two employees at a 7-Eleven over the weekend after they refused to sell tobacco to a underage girl.

June 6, 2023

Texas becomes latest state to ban puberty blockers, sex change surgeries for minors

Texas is now the latest state to ban gender transition treatment for minors, joining more than a dozen other states enacting similar measures.