Tariffs and immigration crackdowns spell trouble for Texas restaurants, experts say

Just outside Mueller Lake Park, northeast of downtown Austin, stands a bright green building outfitted with a neon goose, welcoming customers to L’Oca d’Oro. Earlier this year, Adam Orman strolled into his restaurant like he would on most days and...

Dave Mason forced to cancel tour as rock legend battles 'challenging' health issue

Dave Mason has cancelled his tour dates British rock legend Dave Mason has cancelled all tour dates. The star, who was a founding member of the '60s rock band Traffic, explained in June that he was still continuing to battle an infection that he...

Rock icon forced to cancel tour dates after ‘contracting severe infection’ amid ongoing health battle

A ROCK icon has been forced to cancel his 2025 tour dates after contracting a severe infection. Dave Mason has been struggling with his health after he was admitted to hospital last September for an "urgent heart condition". 6 Dave Mason was due...

Premature baby girl's life-threatening 'flesh-heating disease' wound healed with fish skin

Welcoming a child into the world is a beautiful time but can also be worrying for parents if things don't necessarily go according to plan. If your baby's born before 37 weeks, they're said to be premature. Premature babies are likely to be small...

Dismantling CDC’s chronic disease center ‘looks pretty devastating’ to public health experts

Chronic disease isn’t going away, but a national center devoted to its prevention may be, a prospect that is alarming agency insiders and public health officials across the country. The Department of Health and Human Services’ budget for 2026,...

Texas Tech Baseball Transfer Portal Tracker 2025

The 2025 Transfer Portal has opened up for College Baseball. The portal period runs from June 2nd through July 1st. We will continue to update the portal subtractions and additions as the period goes on. Transferring out of the Red Raider Baseball...

Houston officials look at options for growing trash problem

By Elena Bruess for Houston Landing. Broadcast version by Freda Ross for Texas News Service reporting for the Houston Landing/MIT Climate Change Engagement Program/Public News Service Collaboration Even with the car windows rolled down, it’s hard...

WHAT TO WATCH FOR: ASCS Takes on Arkansas’ Texarkana 67 Speedway

TEXARKANA, AR (June 3, 2025) — On the heels of a highly attended race weekend in Kansas for the American Sprint Car Series (ASCS) comes a first visit of the season to Texarkana 67 Speedway in Arkansas this Saturday, June 7. A $4,000 check is in...

Georgia AG clears Emory-Houston Healthcare integration for June launch

The Georgia Attorney General’s Office has approved the integration of Houston Healthcare into the Emory Healthcare system, clearing the way for the Warner Robins-based provider to officially join the Atlanta-based academic health network. The move...

Engineering realistic blood vessels to fight vascular disease

Researchers at Texas A&M University have developed advanced vessel-chip technology that closely mimics the complex architecture of human blood vessels, offering a new potential platform for studying vascular diseases and accelerating drug...

Watch: 100K Letters Urge Abbott to Veto Texas THC Ban

The pressure is on for Texas Governor Greg Abbott. Texans aren’t staying quiet about the state’s proposed THC ban- far from it. This week, advocates rolled into the Capitol with carts full of over 100,000 letters urging Gov. Greg Abbott to veto...

How measles tore through a remote West Texas city

Kayley Fehr was 6 years old. She had two brothers and two sisters and, according to her obituary, she loved to sing and make people laugh. She was unvaccinated. Kayley got measles around the same time as her four siblings. As her fever rose, she...

Was Texas Longhorn baseball season a disaster? No.

OKLAHOMA CITY — While I got ya, here are nine things and one crazy prediction: 1. UT baseball aftermath I'm very reluctant to call the just-completed Texas baseball season a disaster even though the No. 2 national seed failed to advance out of a...

Health Check: Whether stoic or simply too poor, Australians spurn GP visits

This guy's taking the spiritual approach to healing. Others are simply avoiding their GPs for cost or other reasons. Pic via Getty Doctor visits dipped in April, reversing a recovery trend Mayne Pharma threatens to go legal in takeover dispute …...

Texas student celebrates graduation in hospital

Greg Casar criticizes Republican healthcare policies on social media

Congressman Greg Casar, representing Texas’ 35th district since 2023, has been vocal on social media regarding healthcare policies and political dynamics in the United States. Casar, who succeeded Lloyd Doggett, uses his platform to critique...

Texas businesses brace for impact as potential THC ban awaits Gov. Abbott’s decision

SAN ANTONIO – A bill is sitting on Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk that could ban all THC products in Texas. Senate Bill 3 outlines new regulations for consumable hemp products in the state. It virtually bans all THC products with a few exceptions, like...

Texas Tech prepares for matchup against Texas in WCWS Championship Series

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma (KCBD) - After over four decades of existence, Texas Tech softball has reached the pinnacle - the Women’s College World Series Championship Series aka the national title. The Red Raiders punched their ticket and stomped...

Doritos, M&Ms could be forced to put warning labels on packaged foods in Texas

A Texas bill on the verge of becoming law would require labels on packaged food from Skittles to Mountain Dew that warn about ingredients “not recommended for human consumption” by other countries. Foods containing certain ingredients would...

Gonzales County ranks 80th in Texas for reliance on government transfers for 21.5% of income in 2022

In 2022, Gonzales County ranked as the 80th least government transfer-dependent county in Texas, with 21.5% of total income coming from programs such as Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and income maintenance, according to information from the...