House Bill 1024 would allow beer, wine and mixed drinks to be included in pickup and delivery food orders, securing a revenue stream made available to restaurants in the last year during the pandemic.

HOUSTON — When Shalemu Bekele awoke on the morning of Feb. 15, the townhouse he shared with his wife and two children was so cold, his fingers felt numb.

After bundling up in extra layers, Bekele looked out a frosted window: A winter storm had swept across Texas, knocking out power to millions of homes, including his own, and blanketing Houston in a thin layer of icy snow.

“It was beautiful,” Bekele, 51, recalled thinking as he headed outside to snap photos of his two children, ages 7 and 8, playing in their first snow. After a few minutes, he sent them back inside to warm up under blankets as he cleared ice off his car, unsure if he would be expected to drive into work.

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Bekele’s wife, Etenesh Mersha, 46, meanwhile, made a fateful decision, one repeated by scores of Texas residents who lost electricity that week. Desperate to warm up, she went into their attached garage and turned the key to start her car. As the engine hummed, it provided power to run the car’s heater and charge her phone while she talked to a friend in Colorado — at the same time, filling her garage and home with a poisonous gas.

There was no carbon monoxide alarm in place to warn the family of the invisible danger. None was required under local or state law.

When Bekele went back inside 30 minutes later, he found Mersha slumped over in the driver’s seat, poisoned by the fumes flowing from the car’s tailpipe. Confused, he shook her and called her name. Still on the line, the friend in Colorado pleaded over the car’s...

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The program would be expanded for a number of conditions including chronic pain and PTSD — as well as allow for more potent levels of THC.

BRECKENRIDGE, Texas (AP) — A Texas man died after going into cardiac arrest when he was attacked by an aggressive swarm of bees outside his home, authorities said.

Lawmakers this session have filed a flurry of proposals related to the pandemic. Some, experts say, constitute meaningful reform. Others could leave the state worse off.

House Bill 1024 would allow beer, wine and mixed drinks to be included in pickup and delivery food orders, securing a revenue stream made available to restaurants in the last year during the pandemic.

Senate Bill 1646 is among several other bills that advocacy groups say erode the rights of transgender Texans. But it’s unclear what the legislation’s chances are in the House, where another major bill targeting transgender children appears to have stalled.

The governor broke his silence Tuesday on the legislation that has been building momentum at the Texas Capitol.

Even some religious groups are opposed to Texas legislation that would bar government officials from closing places of worship in any situation — even during a pandemic.

The president on Tuesday also said he'll nominate former Texas congressional candidate Gina Ortiz Jones to serve as under secretary of the Air Force.

In the weeks since the winter storm, both ERCOT and the Public Utility Commission of Texas, the regulatory body that oversees it, have been lambasted for failures in preparing for and responding to the storm.

The judge said he hasn't heard of any abuse.

The court declined to hear a Texas-led case that seeks to uphold a Trump-era "public charge" policy that could limit how many immigrants qualify for green cards.

California banned state-funded travel to Texas because of a 2017 religious-refusal law for adoptions in the state, which critics called discriminatory against LGBTQ families.

A new bipartisan bill introduced to Congress — appropriately on Earth Day — seeks to bring thousands of new conservation jobs, and restore the habitats and futures of thousands of wildlife species across the nation — including the diverse flora and fauna of the Lone Star State. 

The Recovering America’s Wildlife Act, using funding from existing resources will not require you to pay any additional taxes, but funnel over $50 million annually toward Texas conservation efforts. That is if it passes. Currently, the bill has amassed over 185 cosponsors — 14 of which are from Texas. 

With nearly one-third of America’s fish and wildlife species looming near endangered territory, additional resources for prioritizing wildlife is crucial, The Texas Alliance for American Fish & Wildlife notes.

Janice Bezanson, Senior Policy Director at the organization comprising a coalition of businesses and organizations championing wildlife, feels the bill is uncompromisingly a “smart investment to protect nature’s benefits which support our economy, agriculture, health, and quality of life.”

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“The Recovering America’s Wildlife Act will protect nature’s benefits and our natural heritage for future generations. Experiencing wildlife and time in nature enriches our lives and brings joy — but we depend on wildlife and wildlife habitat for economic benefits, too,” Bezanson told MySA. 

“For example, native wild pollinators provide more than a $9 billion per year service to U.S. agriculture.” 

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If the legislation is approved and signed by the governor, cities could lose state grant money for failing to enforce a new statewide encampment ban.

Texas will have 38 congressional seats as a result of the latest U.S. census. The state’s political heft has been growing steadily for decades, gaining at least two seats after every census since 1980.

Every dog has it's day and for a Gooldendoodle named Chuco it meant marking his first trip around the sun with his favorite food: Whataburger. 

“Sorry I’m late, the peacock wouldn’t let me in!”