Jayme Lozano Carver
Reporter | The Texas Tribune-
Several prominent Amarillo business people donated to support the so-called travel ban. Meanwhile, statewide progressive groups helped the opposition. -
Despite the efforts of local governments and others, the move to provide internet access to millions of Texans has been slow and faces new challenges. -
The federal investment follows the $1 billion approved by Texas taxpayers to help connect the state. -
Local leaders and rural revitalization experts say Texas’ smallest towns can survive — despite a shift to urban and suburban counties — but it will take investments. -
Tuesday’s vote was a rare chance for Texans to vote directly on abortion restrictions. The state already has a near-total abortion ban. -
Millions of Texans would lose food subsidies and farm insurance if Congress doesn’t act before the end of the year. -
Amarillo Mayor Cole Stanley calls himself “pro-life.” But the proposal to police the streets for women traveling out of state to get an abortion is overreach, he said. -
To help raise money the Lubbock-area food bank recruited a Michelin-recognized chef. -
No state agency is taking responsibility for making sure the privately built lines that power many oil and gas sites are safe. Such lines have been blamed for sparking two recent Panhandle fires. -
Local leaders of the Nurse-Family Partnership hope they can secure money to expand the program to the region’s rural areas.
