Texas

Yesterday in East Greenbush during an Interstate Task Force on Illegal Guns meeting, Governor Kathy Hochul spoke out on her plans to raise the firearm age in New York. This news follows after the tragic shooting in Texas. Gov. Hochul called on State Police to check on school districts every day until the end of […]

Instagram users in Texas will no longer be able to use facial filters. As of May 11th Instagram parent company Meta removed certain filters from the social media platform due to the Texas facial recognition laws. Texas Attorney General sued Meta claiming the company misused facial recognition technology. Source: Valley Central

A school district in Texas is going to a shorter school week next year. The 4 day school week comes after a shortage of staff, mainly teachers. The Jasper independent school district said with the shortage of staff the amount teacher’s being burnt-out is what causing. The district said they did a survey among staff […]

A Texas teacher Resigned from middle school after a science experiment went wrong. The science experiment was done with a twelve-year-old student who ended up with a 3rd degree burn after the teacher put hand sanitizer on a student hand and lit it on fire. The teacher no longer works for the district and there […]

A Texas hospital accidentally Told a woman her husband had passed away. The woman identified as Betty Harris had just visited her husband who was at a rehabilitation center after having knee surgery the day before. The next day she got a call from a doctor telling her that her husband was in the emergency […]

Last night, Tropical Storm Nicholas was headed toward the Texas coast threatening to bring heavy rain and floods to coastal areas of Texas, Mexico, and Louisiana. A hurricane watch was issued for the central portion of the Texas coast with much of the state’s coastline now under a tropical storm warning, according to the National […]

Even though the current Texan Governor Greg Abbott has tested positive for COVID-19, the governor is strongly against the mask mandate and does not require it for the state. To get around Abbott’s mask ban, the Paris Independent School District in Texas will now require students to wear masks as part of its dress code. […]

Tuesday, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) asked Texans a second time to conserve as much energy as possible until Friday. The organization said that there has been intense strain on the power grid causing record high forced outages at power plants. The ERCOT made a news statement and stated: “When ERCOT issued a […]

Former and current female Harris County deputy constables accuse their superiors for sexual exploitation, molestation and haressment. The female deputies were assigned to a human trafficking task force when the allegations occurred. CNN reported: “The female officers — Liz Gomez, Marissa Sanchez and Felecia McKinney — claim they were rookie deputies when they were ‘handpicked’ […]

Netflix releases season 2 of Selena: The Series this week, and it’s got Beyonce fans fact-checking a certain scene. Season 2 focuses on Selena’s rise to fame and in episode 6, a young Beyonce has a chance meeting with the Tejano star at a Texas mall. In this scene you see the actresses portraying Tina, […]