Promo of the DayBecause “the only thing harder than getting a college kid out of bed before noon on a Saturday is getting a college kid out of bed before noon on a Saturday to watch a sub-.500 football team” Texas Tech is offering free waffles to students who attend
Thomas Duncan, patient zero in the Dallas Ebola case, has died.
Fantasty gifts include matching his-and-her "quadskis."
Fever scanners installed in some Dallas schools, and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals will fast track the oral arguments for the case of Texas' same-sex marriage ban.
The Dallas Ebola patient's condition is downgraded to critical, and Texas Tech sees another Greek-life scandal.
Six days of Ebola in Texas, and the passing of LareDOS.
More than a dozen abortion clinics will close immediately, and up to 100 people were exposed to the patient with Ebola in Dallas.
How the Ebola patient in America contracted the virus, and the Permanent School Fund reached a value of more than $37 billion.
More details on the case of Ebola in Dallas, and Davis goes on the offensive in the second (and final) gubernatorial debate.
The lite guv debate delivered no knockout punches, and the Texan who breached White House security made it farther than initially stated.
Fallout from the state auditor's report continued over the weekend, and tragedy hits North Texas Central College.
UNT may have to pay back millions to the state, and the Texas Enterprise Fund comes under attack again.
Officials at an El Paso hospital are scrambling after exposing more than 700 babies to TB, and Charles Whitman's rifle is up for sale.
The proposal of alcohol sales at gun shows has been holstered, and the CEO of Livestrong leaves to head up a different bike charity.
SpaceX breaks ground, and Highland Park bans books.
The post-mortem on the gubernatorial debate, and a bipartisan group of Texas Congressmen appeal to President Obama to intervene in the 1944 Water Treaty between the U.S. and Mexico.
"Historical" racing is here to stay (for now), and former Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington steps down because of marital problems.
Rick Perry invites the Mexican president for a visit, and the Court of Criminal Appeals has a busy day.
Some crazy stuff went down in Texas in the past thirty days. Here are a handful of headlines you may have missed.
Image of the DayNot content with 3-D movie experiences? You’re in luck. Plano-based Cinemax is rolling out the concept of a “270-degree panoramic screen.” The new screens will debut in Plano, San Francisco, and Chicago this weekend. First feature on the docket: The Maze Runner.Listical WednesdayThe State
A scandalous trial in Houston starts, and the numbers behind the "Texas Miracle."
Solutions for funding our transportation woes, and a mixed bag for Texas football.
Livestrong reports a sharp decline in revenue, and more trouble at the border.
Slideshow of the DayFrom the Bigger-In-Texas Department: “Fourteen of the most populuated high schools in the country call Texas home,” reports the Houston Chronicle, which has put together one of its slideshow to show just how many students are in each of these learning factories.Daily RoundupAnti-Social Studies
A death row inmate files an appeal arguing the execution drugs are expired, and Meatless Mondays causes concerns with the state's ag commish.
Paying the border bills and water debts.
History of the DayThe Lone Star state experienced the worst recorded hurricane in U.S. history on September 7, 1900, in Galveston. This was about fifty years before they started giving storms innocuous names, so it was only known as “The Great Storm.” It was a “Category 4 hurricane, with winds
Obamacare makes a dent in the uninsured numbers of Texans, and belongings of Waylon Jennings (including Buddy Holly's motorcycle) will be auctioned off.
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals is set to hear arguments against HB2 again, and Tesla chooses Nevada for its gigafactory.
Houston-based Halliburton agreed to pay a $1.1 billion settlement for damages to the Gulf of Mexico during the BP oil spill, and the story of the Kaufman County killings has taken an even more chilling turn.
The governor's latest controversy, and the voter ID law is back in the courts.
The state's school finance system is ruled unconstitutional, Obama nominates Dallas-based U.S. Attorney Sarah Saldaña to head ICE, and Jerry Jones is mad as hell that he didn't snatch up Johnny Football.
Quote of the Day“You know, Whole Foods is more of a dating agency than a shop. If you’re gonna go shopping for food in Austin, go to Fiesta …” — former (temporary) Texas resident Robert PlantPhoto of the DayThe back-to-Texas-school story that the rest of
The former leader of the Gulf Cartel would like a U.S. passport.
In a 60-page motion, Gov. Rick Perry's lawyers argue that the two charges against him should be dismissed.
The militarization of local police forces, and capitalizing on Rick Perry's mugshot.
Using BP oil spill money, environmental groups bought a 17,000-acre spread in Calhoun County, the largest conservation land purchase in Texas history.
Depleted uranium can be buried at a nuclear-dump site in West Texas, and the Dallas Cowboys is the first U.S. sports franchise to top $3 billion in worth.
The mugshot seen round the Internet, and the "affluenza" family is back in the news.
Daily RoundupLawyers, Assemble! — Sounding like he’s put together something worthy of a superhero movie, Governor Rick Perry, who was indicted last Friday, “has assembled an all-star defense team with lawyers from Austin to Houston and Washington, D.C., and on Monday, they continued a public assault on the prosecution of
The indictment of Rick Perry, and Texas is paying more than three times as much as last year for pentobarbital, the lethal injection drug.
The first wave of National Guard troops are deployed to the border, and two women's tackle football teams from Texas are going to the championships.
The governor visits a National Guard facility, and a teenager lives undetected in a Corsicana Walmart for two days.
Some crazy stuff went down in Texas in the past thirty days. Here are a handful of headlines you may have missed.
The Railroad Commission proposes stricter fracking guidelines, and Johnny Football's debut is a ratings smash.
UT regent Wallace Hall is censured by the Texas House transparency committee, and Texas wades into water wars with the EPA.
The TABC is seeking comment on a proposal to allow alcohol sales at gun shows, and schools adminstrators prepare for educating unaccompanied minors.
Texas loses the Tesla battery factory, and Ted Cruz has a new nickname at Capitol Hill: "Speaker Cruz."
Video of the DaySome people are not taking to thrilled about the fact that Jesse Ventura, the former wrestler-turned-governor, won his defamation case against the estate of deceased Navy SEAL and author of American Sniper, Chris Kyle, a compensation agreement that will pay out $1.8 million to Ventura. Suffice
William H. McRaven is the finalist to be the UT System's new chancellor, and San Antonio could become Raider fan territory.