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• TOP NEWS  

“Long lines at Texas airports continue as ICE agents assist strained TSA” Spectrum News’s None – Houston — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have been deployed to 14 airports across the United States as federal officials look to ease staffing shortages among Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers during the ongoing partial government shutdown.

Houston remains the only Texas city where ICE agents are currently assisting at airports, with personnel spotted at both William P. Hobby Airport and George Bush Intercontinental Airport.

Despite the presence of ICE agents, wait times at Bush Airport were over four hours as of Tuesday morning, according to the airport’s website. Meanwhile, Hobby Airport saw wait times under 10 minutes.

More than 100 ICE agents have been sent to major travel hubs, including New York, Atlanta and Chicago, according to federal officials.

At Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, however, ICE agents have not yet been deployed. Despite the absence of additional personnel, operations at one of the nation’s busiest airports have remained steady.

(Spectrum News)

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“ICE agents spotted at Bush Airport and reported to be at Hobby” via KHOU — Federal immigration officers were seen at a handful of U.S. airports on Monday after President Donald Trump said he’d deploy them to supplement the Transportation Security Administration during a government shutdown that has caused long lines at security checkpoints across the country.

That includes both major Houston airports.

KHOU 11’s Julissa Garza was at Bush Airport Monday morning, where she spotted ICE agents. Bush had security wait times that were more than two hours long and stretched outside the doors at Terminal C. Meanwhile, CNN reported that Hobby Airport also has ICE agents present.

What airports are ICE agents going to?

A spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security says “hundreds” of officers will be deployed, but where they’re going isn’t being disclosed for what the government says are security reasons.

In New Orleans, WWL Louisiana reporter Mike McDaniel saw a group of ICE agents at the airport as well.

(KHOU)

“Corpus Christi council votes to begin process to remove mayor” The Texas Tribune’s Colleen DeGuzman – Corpus Christi City Council voted on Tuesday to launch a removal hearing for Paulette Guajardo over allegations of misconduct.

The decision comes as the city faces a growing water crisis. A water emergency may be just months away, according to city leaders. But the controversy surrounding the mayor stems from a hotel development project, not the city’s management of its water supply.

After a tense debate, council members voted 5-3 to begin a trial to decide whether to eject Guajardo, who has been in office since 2021.

A citizen petition to remove Guajardo that precipitated the council vote includes allegations that she put an item on the council’s agenda to award $2 million in tax incentives to a developer seeking to build a Homewood Suites in Corpus Christi, and that a PowerPoint presentation about the project included a slide showing a FEMA flood map that had been altered. (TX TRIB)

“Dead gardens, dusty cars: Frustrated Corpus Christi residents take precautions as water crisis nears” The Texas Tribune’s Colleen DeGuzman – Not too long ago, Tamala Alejandro said her backyard was lush with a vegetable garden. On the ground, she had watermelons, cantaloupes and potatoes. She loved her herb garden, and her prized possession was her beloved peach tree.

But then, she learned about the looming water emergency in Corpus Christi: the city is edging towards a historic shortage. A yearslong drought and a recent boom of refineries settling along Corpus Christi Bay has nearly drained the city’s water supply. Two of the city’s three main reservoirs have shrunk below 10% capacity. Now the city is depending on a patchwork of temporary sources for water, which may run dry by July.

Residents have been asked by the city to conserve water, with nonessential, outdoor watering prohibited. The city plans to limit how many days splash pads are open over summer break. A local high school canceled its annual car wash fundraiser.

(TX TRIB)

“Fire out and shelter-in-place order is lifted after oil refinery explosion near Texas coast” via Dallas Morning News – An oil refinery fire near the Texas coast was put out Tuesday and a shelter-in-place order was lifted following air-quality testing, hours after a large explosion at the complex shot plumes of smoke into the air, officials said.

No one was injured in Monday’s explosion at the Valero refinery in Port Arthur, about 90 miles east of Houston, Carol Hebert, a Valero spokesperson, said in a statement.

“All personnel are accounted for,” Herbert said.

Images and video posted online show a large plume of smoke and flames billowing out from the refinery.

At Tuesday’s City Council meeting, Mayor Charlotte M. Moses said she was grateful the explosion wasn’t more serious.

“With something like that, we definitely could have had mass loss of life and injuries,” Moses said. “I’m just thankful and grateful that all we encountered was a fire ... We’re safe.”

She had urged residents in parts of the west side of the city to stay put during the shelter-in-place order.

Air monitoring that was done by Valero, the Port Arthur Fire Department and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality “confirmed there was no threat to air quality,” Hebert said.

“The cause of the fire is under investigation,” she said.

Residents at least several miles away said they felt their homes shake. Some schools in the area were closed Tuesday as a precaution.

The explosion comes amid a spike in gas prices driven by uncertainty over the global oil supply because of the Iran war.

Valero did not immediately reply to emails asking for additional information on the extent of the damage at the refinery and what units at the facility were impacted by the fire.

(AP)

“Supreme Court rejects appeal from Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed” via AP – The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from longtime Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed who has sought to test crime-scene evidence that he says will help clear him.

The justices left in place a ruling against Reed from the federal appeals court in New Orleans for the second time in less than three years.

The three liberal justices dissented.

Reed was sentenced to death for the 1996 killing of 19-year-old Stacey Stites. Prosecutors have refused to allow for DNA testing of the webbed belt that was used to strangle Stites as she made her way to work at a supermarket in Bastrop, a rural community about 30 miles southeast of Austin.

Prosecutors say Reed also raped Stites, but he contends that he was having a consensual affair with her.

Reed has long maintained that Stites’ fiance, former police officer Jimmy Fennell, was the real killer.

(AP)

“Houston’s ‘Super Bowl of energy’ swarmed with hundreds of climate protesters” via Houston Chronicle – About 500 protesters from across the country descended on the first day of Houston’s CERAWeek energy conference Monday to protest the oil executives and federal leaders gathering for high-level talks downtown.

The annual protest has grown substantially in the past two years, as has the official response by police. This year, the march was corralled by more than 50 police officers, nearly half of them on horseback.

Unlike in 2025, when eight protesters were arrested outside of the conference doors for blocking traffic, protesters and police kept more distance this time.

The criminal charges against the protesters were later dropped. Still, the experience left an impression on Yvette Arellano, founder of the local group Fenceline Watch, who was among those detained. Arellano was also one of the environmentalists who used to raise thousands of dollars to purchase admission to CERAWeek’s official program, until they were barred from attending in 2024.

“If we’re not allowed in their spaces, we’re going to continue creating our own,” Arellano said.

Local groups like Fenceline Watch and the Texas Campaign for the Environment have since put a lot of organizing muscle into expanding their protest outside the conference.

(HOU CHRON)

“South Texas is way too dry. When is the next chance for storms?” via San Antonio Express-News – Week after week, month after month, San Antonio continues to record significantly below average precipitation. So far this March, the Alamo City has recorded just 0.44-inch of rainfall, way below the March average of 2.31 inches.

March will likely go down as the seventh consecutive month with below-average rainfall. During that time (since Sept. 1), San Antonio has accumulated just 5.13 inches of rain, which is less than 30% of the city’s normal rainfall during that time frame.

Astonishingly, San Antonio has not recorded even a half-inch of rain on a single day since Oct. 24 – 149 days ago. That is San Antonio’s fifth-longest such dry streak in the past 80 years.

The lack of rain has continued to result in falling lake levels throughout South-Central Texas. Canyon Lake has fallen by more than a foot and a half since the start of the year, and it is now less than 60% full for the first time since before the July 2025 Hill Country floods. Medina Lake has fallen by more than two feet so far this year, and is now merely 4% full.

Unfortunately, rain chances will stay very low for much of this week. However, weather models are starting to hint at potential higher rain chances by next week.

(SAEN)

• 2026  

“EXCLUSIVE: Sen. John Cornyn Talks Trump, Paxton Showdown, and Faith in High-Stakes Texas Senate Race” CBN’s David Brody – In an exclusive interview with CBN News, Senator John Cornyn is making his case to Republican voters in Texas as he faces a tough primary challenge from Attorney General Ken Paxton.

Cornyn, a longtime fixture in Texas politics and former Senate Majority Whip, enters the race with deep establishment backing and a long legislative record. But this cycle is different. The rise of populist energy within the Republican Party—largely tied to former President Donald Trump—has reshaped the political battlefield, putting added pressure on candidates to secure Trump’s endorsement.

Cornyn made clear that he understands the stakes when it comes to President Trump’s influence and coveted endorsement. “Well, I would certainly welcome his endorsement,” Senator Cornyn tells CBN News. “People keep asking me, when is he going to do it and I said, I don’t know. I think only one person knows that.”

Still, Cornyn didn’t stop there, emphasizing just how pivotal that endorsement could be—not just for him, but for the broader Republican ticket in Texas.

(CBN.com)

“GOP tours Dallas’ American Airlines Center as officials plan midterm convention” via Dallas Morning News – Representatives from the national Republican Party toured the American Airlines Center last month and two people with knowledge of discussions told The Dallas Morning News the GOP is weighing Dallas as the host city for a rare midterm convention this fall.

Dave Brown, the American Airlines Center’s general manager, told The News on Tuesday that party representatives visited the arena at the end of February to assess it as a potential host site for an event.

“But to this point nothing has been agreed to or finalized,” Brown said. He did not know the details of their plans.

The New York Times reported Tuesday that President Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee are strongly considering Dallas as the site of a midterm convention, targeted for sometime after Labor Day.

(DMN)

“Thousands of Dallas County voters went to wrong polling site” The Texas Tribune’s Natalia Contreras – At least 12,674 Dallas County voters trying to cast ballots in both party primaries showed up at the wrong polling locations March 3 after the county GOP forced the elimination of countywide polling sites on election day, county data shows.

Democrats had more than double the number of primary voters in Dallas County as Republicans so, unsurprisingly, a larger number of Democratic voters had to be redirected to the correct site, according to a Votebeat analysis of data provided by Dallas County election officials. But similar percentages of voters from both parties were affected by the change.

Out of the total voter turnout on election day, at least 6,641 voters, or 7.7%, seeking to cast ballots in the Democratic primary, and 2,369 voters, or 6.4%, seeking to cast ballots in the Republican primary, went to the wrong location.

(TX TRIB)

“Supreme Court considers laws allowing mail-in votes to be counted after Election Day” via Texas Public Radio – At the Supreme Court Monday, the conservative majority seemed ready to overturn laws in 29 states that allow mail-in votes to be counted after election day if they were post-marked by Election Day.

President Trump has long railed against mail-in voting, believing –- incorrectly -- that those late votes improperly cost him the 2020 election. But citizens and politicians alike have enthusiastically embraced voting by mail.

The split was illustrated in Monday’s case from Mississippi. In 2020, the state legislature, by a bipartisan and nearly unanimous vote, approved a five-day grace period for counting election ballots if they were post-marked by Election Day but arrived late.

But in the Supreme Court Monday, the conservative justices, like Trump, seemed suspicious of extending a short grace period to count late-arriving ballots. Justices Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett, for instance, fixated on what they deemed the possibility of voters “recalling ballots,” which they said could be theoretically done by the U.S. Postal Service or other common carriers like Fedex.

(TPR)

• STATE GOVERNMENT  

“Abbott legal brief criticizes Paxton’s rushed lawsuit against Harris County’s immigrant legal fund” The Texas Tribune’s Eleanor Klibanoff – Attorney General Ken Paxton confers with Gov. Greg Abbott outside the Senate chamber before his swearing-in ceremony on Jan. 10, 2023. In a recent brief filed to the Texas Supreme Court, Gov. Greg Abbott criticized his fellow Republican, Attorney General Ken Paxton, for rushing a lawsuit challenging a program that provides legal aid to undocumented immigrants.

While Harris County has operated its immigration legal fund for five years, Paxton filed his lawsuit late last year, Abbott noted. After he lost at the district court level, Paxton appealed to the all-Republican 15th Court of Appeals, requesting expedited review within 15 days.

“Perhaps the Attorney General only recently learned of this program; perhaps the office’s attention was focused elsewhere; perhaps some other factor dictated a desire for a ruling before a particular date,” lawyers for Abbott wrote in the brief, filed to the Texas Supreme Court last week. “The Governor will not speculate.”

(TX TRIB)

“Texas quietly shut Operation Lone Star booking facility in Del Rio” The Texas Tribune’s Alejandro Serrano – The state quietly shuttered a jail booking facility in Val Verde County last summer that had operated as a hub of Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star border crackdown, state officials acknowledged Tuesday.

Texas officials had opened two such sites for the governor’s border initiative, which surged Texas Department of Public Safety troopers and State Guard members to the more than 1,250 miles of border Texas shares with Mexico. Operation Lone Star was started early in the Biden administration in response to the White House’s immigration policies and continued as the number of illegal border crossings reached new highs.

(TX TRIB)

“Texas will require proof of legal immigration status to get professional licenses” The Texas Tribune’s Alejandro Serrano, Ayden Runnels – People seeking a host of professional licenses in Texas, from electricians to dog breeders, will soon have to prove they are in the country legally after the state’s Commission of Licensing and Regulation on Tuesday adopted a new rule that could affect thousands of workers.

Commissioners unanimously approved the change after hearing from a parade of speakers who largely asked them to do the opposite because of worries that it will hamper the state’s economy and burden immigrants trying to make an honest living. The speakers also argued the move will push people to work without a license, and erode state oversight of crucial industries.

The commission oversees the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, which plans to implement the rule May 1.

(TX TRIB)

“TEA names new, state-appointed leaders of Fort Worth ISD as takeover begins” via Fort Worth Star-Telegram – The names of the 10 new state-appointed leaders of the Fort Worth Independent School District were announced on Tuesday morning, marking the start of a state takeover of the largest school district in Tarrant County.

An early-morning press release from the Texas Education Agency contained the names of a new superintendent and a nine-person Board of Managers who are replacing Superintendent Karen Molinar and elected school board members. They begin their positions immediately.

Peter B. Licata, who most recently served as superintendent of Broward County Public Schools in Florida, will oversee Fort Worth ISD as superintendent moving forward.

Dr. Peter B. Licata was named Tuesday, March 24, 2026, as the new superintendent of Fort Worth ISD. He was appointed by Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath as part of a state takeover of the Fort Worth school district. The TEA said Licata has more than 30 years of experience improving educational outcomes for students. He most recently served as the superintendent of Broward County Public Schools in Florida.

(FWST)

“Texas Education Agency orders public schools to remove mentions of Cesar Chavez from lessons” The Texas Tribune’s Sneha Dey – The Texas Education Agency on Monday directed all public schools in the state to revise lesson plans to remove mentions of Cesar Chavez after sexual abuse allegations surfaced against the labor leader.

In written guidance, the agency also ordered school districts to cancel “or otherwise redirect” events and activities planned for Cesar Chavez Day on March 31, an extension of Gov. Greg Abbott’s state directive to not observe the optional state holiday.

Teachers and labor groups have been reckoning with the late civil rights leader’s legacy after a New York Times investigation revealed allegations that Chavez had sexually assaulted and abused women and girls. The activist had strong ties to Texas, where he supported striking farmworkers and led a rally at the state Capitol following a march from Rio Grande City to Austin in 19...

(TX TRIB)

“This private Islamic school seeks fairness in voucher debate” The Texas Tribune’s Jaden Edison – Iman Academy, an Islamic private school on the southwest side of town, opened 30 years ago with three core values: Love America. Respect self, family and American institutions. Be a positive, contributing American citizen.

School leaders want students, almost all of whom are Muslim, to graduate with the understanding that they are essential to America — that being a good citizen has more to do with what they contribute and how they treat others than their religion.

“We are all Americans at the end of the day,” said Manha Navaid, an 18-year-old senior who is secretary of the student council. “Apart from religion, politics or whatever, we all want the best for this country.”

Iman Academy exceeds basic requirements for schools that want to participate in Texas’ voucher program, which allows families to use public funds to pay for private school or home-schooling costs. The school is accredited by a state-recognized entity and has operated well beyond the two-year minimum.

(TX TRIB)

• #TXLEGE  

“Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick passes over North Texas state Rep. Taylor Rehmet in committee assignments” via WFAA – Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced new assignments to standing and interim committees Monday ahead of the 2027 legislative session, but while nearly every state senator was assigned to a committee, Fort Worth’s state Sen. Taylor Rehmet wasn’t one of them.

Rehmet was one of four state senators not assigned. The other exceptions are state Sen. Robert Nichols, who isn’t seeking reelection, State Sen. Brian Birdwell, who is awaiting confirmation to become an assistant secretary of defense, and state Sen. Mayes Middleton, who is in the runoff of the Republican primary for Texas attorney general.

In a statement issued Monday, Rehmet accused Patrick of silencing his district, SD-9, even further by not assigning him to any committee after leaving the seat vacant for months.
“This decision reflects the kind of petty, partisan politics that too often stands in the way of delivering results for working families,” Rehmet wrote.

(WFAA)

“Texas will ban smokeable hemp cannabis on March 31. Here’s what you need to know.” The Texas Tribune’s Stephen Simpson – New state rules that eliminate natural smokeable hemp products and increase licensing fees will go into effect at the end of the month. Hemp industry leaders say these new regulations will eliminate a majority of their inventory and force those who don’t have extra income to meet these new fees to close stores.

Earlier this month, the Texas Department of State Health Services released regulations on consumable hemp-derived THC products that will go into effect on March 31. These new regulations include child-resistant packaging, a significant increase in licensing fees, new labeling, testing, and bookkeeping requirements. The rules also codify the legal purchasing age to 21, which went into effect last year as an emergency directive.

However, hemp retailers say the regulation that decreases the amount of total THC in products they sell to 0.3% will eliminate popular smokeable hemp products, such as rolled joints and smokeable flower buds, which make up more than 50% of some stores’ inventories.

(TX TRIB)

• LOCAL GOVERNMENT  

“Dallas project wins initial bid for Elon Musk company’s drilling project” via Dallas Morning News – Elon Musk’s tunneling company is one step closer to digging in Dallas, after a site in the southern part of the city was selected as a winner of a competition for The Boring Company’s next project on Tuesday.

Hoque Global’s project in University Hills was initially named in a list of 16 finalists that were selected out of 487 submissions. Early Tuesday morning, the Dallas site was named in a list of three winners for the project.

Mike Hoque, CEO of Hoque Global, said in a statement that it was an honor to win the competition.

“University Hills is innovative in all of its features to bring connectivity and growth, and this recognition highlights the development’s landmark work for Dallas and Southern Dallas, and shows how emerging infrastructure solutions can strengthen access to transit, jobs and opportunity for the surrounding community,” Hoque said.

(DMN)

“H-E-B missed growth targets, but county gave it tax rebates anyway” via San Antonio Express-News – H-E-B hasn’t been meeting the terms of incentive agreements it signed 17 years ago with the city of San Marcos and Hays County, hiring fewer workers and building smaller expansions than it had aimed for at a distribution warehouse off Interstate 35, according to compliance reports obtained by the Express-News through an open records request.

But that hasn’t kept the company from getting tax rebates, with the Hays County Commissioners Court voting in 2021, 2023 and 2024 to make payments for “partial performance” which the county doesn’t appear to have been required to make.

Based in San Antonio, H-E-B operates more than 450 stores and has annual revenue of more than $50 billion, according to the company.

H-E-B representatives say the grocery chain ran out of capacity at the San Marcos facility after growing it faster than planned in the early years of the agreement, leading it to build a 1.8 million square-foot distribution center on San Antonio’s East Side to support “growing need.”

In 2018, the company was granted a $1.5 million economic development package from the city of San Antonio and a $3.8 million package from Bexar County for that facility.

(SAEN)

“San Antonio will revisit its low contribution limits for city campaigns” San Antonio Report’s Andrea Drusch – San Antonio plans to revisit the relatively low campaign contribution limits it places on candidates running for City Council and mayor, currently set at $500 and $1,000 respectively per election cycle.

The city’s Ethics Review Board just completed a comprehensive review of San Antonio’s Municipal Campaign Finance Code in 2024, and didn’t touch those limits.

But San Antonio just moved to longer, four-year terms when its 10 council members and mayor were sworn in last June.

Under the current rules, that means individual donors who’ve already given the maximum contribution to the current council members couldn’t do so again until June 30, 2028 — the beginning of the election cycle for a November 2029 municipal election.

Many donors have already maxed out what they can give for this four-year cycle, ahead of an election where Gina Ortiz Jones will be on the ballot, and three of her biggest council rivals, Sukh Kaur (D1), Marina Alderete Gavito (D7) and Marc Whyte (D10), are all term-limited from seeking a full four years in their existing roles.

(SA REPORT)

“SAISD board votes to close failing middle school and enter into lucrative 1882 partnership” San Antonio Report’s Xochilt Garcia – SAISD to close failing middle school and enter lucrative partnership
With two months left in the school year, San Antonio Independent School District plans to close Rhodes Middle School on the west side of the city.

The decision comes two months after the school board approved closing Carvajal Elementary School, which sits on the same lot as Rhodes, located at 3000 Tampico St., separated by some green space.

“We spent a lot of time wrestling with what is right for our students,” said Board President Alicia Sebastian before voting. “Our district has been underfunded, probably since its inception, which has come with many challenges on how we deliver instruction to our most vulnerable students.”

While district leaders have hinted at needing to close more schools in the future, even suggesting plans of tearing Rhodes and Carvajal down to build a new state-of-the-art academy when only Carvajal was on the chopping block, they didn’t publicly announce they were considering shuttering Rhodes until last week. This only gave families a week’s notice before the official vote.

On Monday, SAISD trustees voted 5-2 to close Rhodes, immediately drawing backlash from the crowded room.

(SA REPORT)

“Cameron County judge against tax incentives for proposed oil refinery” MyRGV.com’s Steve Clark – Cameron County Judge Eddie Treviño Jr. issued a statement in response to news of the proposed America First Refinery (AFR) at the Port of Brownsville, acknowledging the potential economic opportunity but also calling for “transparency, environmental protection, and responsible planning.”

Treviño was adamant that the company should not receive tax incentives to build a facility here, since apparently no other location is in the running.

President Donald Trump announced on March 10 that the port would see construction of the first large-scale refinery to be built in the United States in about 50 years. AFR, formerly Element Fuel Holdings LLC, said in its own press release that in February the company had secured a nine-figure investment from a “global supermajor” to accomplish the project.

The supermajor was identified as Reliance Industries, India’s largest private company and owner of the world’s largest refinery. (MY RGV)

• TRUMP ADMINISTRATION  

“Feds plan to put 536 miles of floating barriers on Rio Grande” via Inside Climate News – An experiment unfolding at the southernmost tip of the state could irrevocably change the iconic Rio Grande and the communities it sustains. Contractors are installing a 17-mile stretch of cylindrical buoys in the river to prevent illegal crossings from Mexico.

These are the first of 536 miles of buoys that the federal government plans to stretch from the Gulf of Mexico deep into South Texas. The Department of Homeland Security has waived environmental laws and issued more than $1 billion in contracts to private companies to install them in continuous chains. Each industrial-style buoy is more than 12 feet long and four to five feet in diameter.

Federal agencies have not made any environmental assessment or flood modeling for the border buoys available to the public. Experts have criticized the secrecy surrounding the project and warn that the buoys could intensify flooding and change the river channel.

(TX TRIB)

• QUICK LINKS  

DMN: “Dallas project wins initial bid for Elon Musk company’s drilling project” DMN

SAEN: “Fire ‘essentially out’ following explosion at Valero refinery near Texas coast” SAEN

SAEN: “South Texas cities clash over water source amid looming supply crisis” SAEN

WFAA: “Texas Education Agency appoints Board of Managers and names new superintendent of Fort Worth ISD” WFAA

TX TRIB: “Florida educator tapped to lead Fort Worth schools under Texas takeover” TX TRIB

SAEN: “Teens ID’d as alleged car burglars who fatally crashed while fleeing deputy” SAEN

WFAA: “North Texas man arrested after allegedly admitting to shooting, killing grandmother over allowance, police say” WFAA

SAEN: “Texas Hill Country wine executive arrested on DWI, weapon charges” SAEN

TPR: “Supreme Court weighs tightening asylum rules” TPR

HOU CHRON: “Ted Cruz’s offer to Dems to end the shutdown might not be the deal they want” HOU CHRON

TX TRIB: “After killing its desalination project, Corpus Christi explores buying water from a privately owned plant” TX TRIB

TX TRIB: “McAllen announces 500 high-paying car manufacturing jobs” TX TRIB

DMN: “H-E-B plans new store on the eastern side of Dallas-Fort Worth” DMN

DMN: “As Italian restaurant in Dallas closes, owner says, ‘I just can’t take it anymore’” DMN

DMN: “He was arrested while repainting Dallas’ rainbow crosswalks. He’d do it all again” DMN

DMN: “Nine-time state champion Celina hires Marc Bindel as new head football coach” DMN

FWST: “Who are the 9 men and women serving on Fort Worth ISD’s Board of Managers?” FWST

FWST: “Fort Worth’s new superintendent is introduced” FWST

FWST: “One restaurant failed, roaches found in others: Dallas health inspections” FWST

FWST: “Velocity One Acquires Falls Filtration” FWST

FWST: “VOTE: Fort Worth-area baseball player of the week. Who had the best game?” FWST

FWST: “TCU faces Title IX complaint for disparities in women’s sports funding” FWST

FWST: “Arlington woman allegedly shot and killed by grandson over allowance identified” FWST

FWST: “Apartment and retail development planned for downtown Arlington” FWST

TX MONTHLY: “Texas Monthly Contributor Elliott Woods Wins Overseas Press Club Award for Migrant Series” TX MONTHLY

TX MONTHLY: “An Iconic Ballpark Snack Was Born 50 Years Ago in Texas” TX MONTHLY

SAEN: “Perfect homework, blank stares: Why colleges are turning to oral exams to combat AI” SAEN

SAEN: “Players like Cunningham should have award eligibility, NBPA says in push for 65-game rule change” SAEN

WFAA: “Celina ISD names new high school football head coach in wake of scandal” WFAA

WFAA: “Former U.S. soccer star Eddie Lewis champions North Texas as 2026 World Cup host” WFAA

WFAA: “Taylor Sheridan ‘Lioness’ filming to close Fort Worth street” WFAA

WFAA: “BITTER END to an ALL-TIME season for Texas Tech | Where the Red Raiders go from here” WFAA

WFAA: “Senators consider deal to fund Homeland Security but not ICE enforcement as airport lines snarl” WFAA

TPR: “Against all odds, this aquarium has reared a very special kind of fish in captivity” TPR

TPR: “From 20 to 100, ‘Oldster’ newsletter explores aging at all our ages and stages” TPR

SA REPORT: “‘We wanted to do this differently’: Housing Trust launches Project DC around Cattleman Square” SA REPORT

SA REPORT: “Meet Hemisfair’s new CEO Melissa Robinson” SA REPORT

Talk Business & Politics: “NEA Business Notes: RightFiber expands into North Texas” Talk Business & Politics

WOAI: “Big Bend Border Wall Battle: Sheriffs push back as Texas congressional race shifts” WOAI

Spectrum News: “Long lines at Texas airports continue as ICE agents assist strained TSA” Spectrum News

TX TRIB: “TribCast: Inside Texas’ massive ICE detention facilities” TX TRIB

SAEN: “Fuentes was a ‘team leader,’ champion of journalism and newsroom diversity” SAEN

KETK.com: “Texas Education Agency orders public schools to remove mentions of Cesar Chavez from lessons” KETK.com

HOU CHRON: “3 takeaways from HISD Superintendent Mike Miles’ ‘State of the District’ speech” HOU CHRON

HOU CHRON: “Valero refinery explosion: Shelter in place lifted for Port Arthur residents” HOU CHRON

HOU CHRON: “Speaking in Houston, Mattis issues Iran warning with a Texas-size reality check” HOU CHRON

HOU CHRON: “Bold moves are coming to NASA. What it means for moon missions and Houston” HOU CHRON

TX TRIB: “Dallas tunnel project among Musk company contest winners” TX TRIB

HOU CHRON: “Inside UH’s Road to the Final Four: 23-minute bus ride from campus to downtown” HOU CHRON

HOU CHRON: “United lets Houston IAH customers stuck in TSA line rebook a flight for free” HOU CHRON

HOU CHRON: “HISD elementary school given ‘all-clear’ after bomb threat” HOU CHRON

TX TRIB: “Texas Should Lead on Hemp-based THC Regulations” TX TRIB

AAS: “Amazon’s Zoox rolling out its double-ended robotaxis in Austin” AAS

AAS: “Musk offers to pay TSA workers, but federal law prohibits outside pay” AAS

AAS: “Austin removes rogue bench spikes but mystery remains” AAS

KHOU: “Shelter-in-place lifted after gas leak in Tomball is capped off” KHOU

KHOU: “Can you handle the 9‑9‑9 challenge at Daikin Park this year?” KHOU

KHOU: “Missing 17-year-old found safe after AMBER Alert in New Caney area” KHOU

KHOU: “The Woodlands wasn’t picked for free underground tunnels from Elon Musk’s company | Here’s who was” KHOU

KHOU: “Harris County deputy and former NFL player Melvin Foster dies unexpectedly, sheriff says” KHOU

KHOU: “Another steakhouse inside the loop is closing” KHOU

KHOU: “Car crashes off Galveston Seawall, into Gulf waters” KHOU

KXAN: “Willie Nelson’s 4th of July Picnic celebration returns to Texas” KXAN

KXAN: “Fireballs over the US: Why multiple meteors lit up the sky in one week” KXAN

KXAN: “Hutto Police Department welcomes Williamson County’s first ever Crisis Response K9” KXAN

KXAN: “Central Texas woman fosters community, inclusion in higher education through her leadership” KXAN

MY RGV: “McAllen Metro bus crash ends in one death, multiple injuries” MY RGV

KXAN: “EV Sales Slow Down, Hybrids Surge: What Auto Pacific’s 2031 Forecast Really Means for Car Buyers” KXAN

MY RGV: “Mustangs gallop past Wildcats, advance to third round” MY RGV

KXAN: “Veteran prosecutor confirmed to lead new Justice Department division targeting fraud nationwide” KXAN

KXAN: “Trump casts Florida mail ballot as he pushes Congress to severely limit that voting option” KXAN

MY RGV: “Harlingen mulls planned ethanol trucking site, recycling center” MY RGV

MY RGV: “As colorectal cancer rates rise, Valley clinic urges early screenings” MY RGV

MY RGV: “Lyford teacher arrested for improper relationship with student” MY RGV

MY RGV: “Commentary: Why Valeo chose McAllen” MY RGV

TEXAS BULLPEN: “Exclusive Internal OAG Report, Shifting Senate, Author Problem Parlay” texasbullpen.com

AAS: “CrowdStrike not Texas enough to face trade secrets case in the state, judge says” AAS

Texas A&M Stories: “Texas A&M University named one of the world’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company for the second straight year” Texas A&M Stories

PR Newswire: “Who is the Top Money Manager in North Texas? Fisher Investments Earns #1 from “Dallas Business Journal”“ PR Newswire

The National Law Review: “Alamo Title Company v. WFG National Title Company of Texas, LLC: Texas Business Court Takes Broad View of Jurisdiction in Ruling on Motion to Remand” The National Law Review

Audacy: “New Texas Law: Drastic Proof of Status for Professional Licenses | NewsRadio 1080 KRLD” Audacy

MY RGV: “Photo Gallery: Mustangs surge ahead of Wildcats, punch ticket round 3” MY RGV

Spectrum News: “City of Austin launches hub to financially support small business owners” Spectrum News

FOX 7 Austin: “Texas schools, businesses grapple with Cesar Chavez allegations” FOX 7 Austin

Energies Media: “ExxonMobil board proposes relocating corporate domicile to Texas to reinforce domestic upstream strategy” Energies Media

Texas Border Business: “‘Cool City’ Celebration Returns to Edinburg with Earth‑Friendly Fun, April 11th” Texas Border Business

• EXTRA POINTS 

Recent Texas sports scores:
Monday
> NBA: San Antonio 136, Miami 111
> NBA: Chicago 132, Houston 124
> NBA: Golden State 137, Dallas 131
Tuesday
> NHL: NJ 6, Dallas 4

Tonight’s Texas sports schedule:
> 7pm: NBA: San Antonio at Memphis
> 8:30pm: NBA: Houston at Minnesota (ESPN)
> 9pm: NBA: Dallas at Denver

Tomorrow’s Texas sports schedule:
> 3:10pm: MLB: Anaheim and Houston
> 3:15pm: MLB: Texas at Philadelphia
> 6pm: NHL: Dallas at NY Islanders (ESPN+)
> 6:10pm: NCAAM: 11 Texas vs. 2 Purdue (CBS)
> 9:05pm: NCAAM: 3 Illinois vs. 2 Houston (TBS)

• TEXAS SPORTS HEADLINES / LINKS:

TEXAS RANGERS: “Starting 5 in 5: Here’s what the Texas Rangers pitching rotation could look like in 2031“ DMN

DALLAS STARS: “Stars GM Jim Nill offers injury updates for Mikko Rantanen, Roope Hintz and Radek Faksa” DMN

DALLAS MAVERICKS: “Moses Moody scores 23 before apparently serious injury late as Warriors beat Mavs 137-131 in OT” AP

TCU MEN’S BASKETBALL: “TCU women survive in OT to extend home win streak, reach Sweet 16 — 3 takeaways FWST

TCU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: “TCU basketball could be special next year — but can it keep its top players?“ FWST

PGA TOUR: “PGA Tour starts the two-step Texas swing and LPGA stays west in Arizona” AP

HOUSTON OPEN: “Scottie Scheffler withdraws from the Houston Open with a baby on the way” AP