Texas
Just In Time For Your Awkward Holiday Parties, Texas Will Soon Allow App-Based Booze Deliveries.
Posted on · The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission expects to clear apps like Favor and Instacart for deliveries by the third week of December.
Texas
Courts Struggle To Collect Debt In Texas, Study Says. That’s Costly And Puts Poor Violators In Jail.
Posted on · On average, Texas courts could not collect roughly 40% of fines and fees between 2012 and 2018.
Texas
Abbott Vows To ‘Unleash’ State Resources If Austin Doesn’t Change Its Homelessness Rules By Nov. 1
Posted on · The Austin City Council is currently considering revising ordinances it passed in June that effectively legalized camping, sitting or lying down in public.
Immigration
ICE Says It Arrested 52 People In Texas Immigration Raids Last Week
Posted on · ICE says its agents were targeting immigrants with final deportation orders and previous criminal records.
Texas
Coming To A Gulf Of Mexico Near You: A ‘Dead Zone’ The Size Of Massachusetts
Posted on · An oxygen-sapping, fish-killing swath of algae is headed to the Texas coast this summer.
Texas
New Labor Rule Means Gig Economy Workers In Texas Can’t Get Unemployment Benefits
Posted on · The rule exempts app-based companies that hire contractors – like Uber or DoorDash – from paying state unemployment insurance taxes for those workers.
News
UT Austin Is Sued Over College Admissions In Class-Action Lawsuit
Posted on · The suit alleges UT and seven other universities were engaged in a scheme in which affluent families paid to secure students' admission through falsified test scores or recruitment as student-athletes.
News
Texas Has ‘Significant Shortages’ Of Low-Income Rentals, Study Finds
Posted on · As far as availability, Houston had the lowest per-capita rate of available affordable units.
News
UT Austin Fires Tennis Coach Michael Center After Indictment In College Admission Scheme
Posted on · Center faces two felony charges for allegedly receiving nearly $100,000 to recruit a student with falsified athletic credentials.
National
UT Austin Tennis Coach Accepted $100,000 In College Admission Scheme, Authorities Say
Posted on · He was allegedly paid $100,000 in 2015 to recruit a California student who didn't play tennis, securing his admission to UT.
Texas
Could You Pass A U.S. Citizenship Test? Well, 63 Percent Of Texans Couldn’t
Posted on · A new study found 63 percent of respondents in Texas failed a quiz based on questions from the U.S. citizenship examination.
News
Texas Top Election Official Says Nearly 100,000 Voters Aren’t U.S. Citizens
Posted on · The Secretary of State will send letters to voters suspected of being non-U.S. citizens. If they don't contest within 30 days, they will be purged from their registrar's voter rolls.
Texas
The Confederate Plaque In The Texas Capitol Will Be Removed
Posted on · A plaque honoring the Confederate States of America in the Texas Capitol will be taken down after a unanimous vote from the Texas State Preservation Board.
Pop Culture
Bidi Bidi Bummed Out: Fans Are Having Problems Getting A Hold Of H-E-B’s Selena Grocery Bags
Posted on · Last time the store released bags featuring the Tejano singer, they reportedly sold out in minutes, and some re-sold on online for up to $50.
News
3D-Gun Designer And Sexual Assault Suspect Cody Wilson Reportedly Arrested in Taiwan
Posted on · Austin police issued an arrest warrant for Wilson on Wednesday on charges that he sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl last month