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After Abbott’s order limiting Flock cameras, DPS to continue using its vast surveillance network

Texas State Board of Education set to OK anti-Islam social studies curriculum

Federal disaster aid approved 7 weeks after South Central Texas floods; Bexar windstorm assessment begins

NASA’s new space telescope (Sept. 4, 2026)

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1624: Garrett Morgan

Hello Houston – The Commuter Cut (September 3, 2026)

Comptroller requests doubling Texas school voucher program to $2 billion

Hello Houston (September 3, 2026)

Flood threat continues in East Texas after Edouard dumps more than a foot of rain

Texas A&M System considers removing courses on LGBTQ, ethnic studies and climate change from core offerings

ICE agent arrested in Texas federally charged with lying about Minneapolis shooting, AP reports

James Elmore sentenced to 20 years in prison for role in 1984 ‘Texas Killing Fields’ case

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s sons share how their lives have changed since fatal ICE shooting

NPR spent 2 years tracking deaths from heat. We found a staggering hidden toll

Thousands of Texas families are waiting for help paying for childcare — and the list is growing

AI and medicine (Sept. 3, 2026)

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2636: Admiral Michael Mullin and Mathematics

Cinema preservation group secures enough funding to buy Garden Oaks Theater

Hello Houston – The Commuter Cut (September 2, 2026)

Hello Houston (September 2, 2026)

More than a million Texans are on voter suspense lists, face Oct. 5 deadline to update addresses

As Republicans plan to gather in Bush’s backyard, his influence is largely absent from the party

NASA and Boeing could fly Starliner spacecraft again this year. Their last mission was labeled a Type A mishap

Houston approves anti-annexation deal with The Woodlands

‘Where the nightmare started’: Father of ‘Texas Killing Fields’ victim testifies in trial

Tarrant County removes 92 polling sites ahead of November election

Middleton leads Johnson in race for Texas attorney general, but the contest is unusually close

The week in politics (Sept. 2, 2026)

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2851: Unplanned Obsolescence

Hello Houston – The Commuter Cut (September 1, 2026)

Controller Hollins calls Houston’s anti-annexation agreement with The Woodlands a ‘bad deal’

Texas’ Medicaid application backlog grows to more than 210,000, state data shows

Houston’s best places for breakfast and brunch: The Full Menu

Republicans’ midterm convention in Dallas is anything but conventional. Why is it happening?

Redistricting

Tropical Storm Edouard (Sept. 1, 2026)

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3405: Beyond Rubber

A tropical storm is coming for the Houston area. Here’s how officials are responding

Houston-area school districts announce closures on Wednesday after Tropical Storm Edouard makes landfall

Hello Houston – The Commuter Cut (August 31, 2026)

Hello Houston (August 31, 2026)

Clear Creek school district faces $23 million budget shortfall as enrollment continues to decline

Texas’ divisive overhaul of high school social studies lessons set to conclude this week

Edouard weakens to a tropical depression, 45k still without power Wednesday

New Texas laws expand repair rights, regulate solar sellers and recognize gold as money

Despite protest, regulators clear path for bigger transmission lines across Texas

Tropical disturbance in the Gulf (Aug. 31, 2026)

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3404: Correspondence Schools

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1623: Joel Dorman and Ester Steele

Gov. Abbott blocks state agencies from spending money on Flock cameras