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The KSAT 12 News Team provides a look at local, regional, statewide and national news events and the latest information on local traffic and weather issues.

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TEXAS NEWS


53 minutes ago

Texas will spend billions to connect the state with broadband. But is it clear which neighborhoods need help?

53 minutes ago

With another DACA court ruling looming, Texas recipients who are now adults worry about their jobs and futures

6 hours ago

Nate Paul, Austin developer at center of Ken Paxton impeachment, arrested in Travis County

13 hours ago

Texas to deploy buoys to deter Rio Grande crossings, Abbott announces

The governor revealed plans for a floating river barrier at a Capitol signing ceremony for six new laws related to border security. The first 1,000-foot section will be set up near Eagle Pass.

21 hours ago

At the fringes of Houston’s prosperity, the city’s eviction machine is running full throttle

Houston has seen eviction rates soar since pandemic protections for renters lapsed. At one apartment complex, ejecting people from their homes is a ritual part of the business model.

1 day ago

This year, Texas lawmakers zeroed in on existing health care programs, leaving bolder measures by the wayside

Pregnant moms on Medicaid will get health care coverage for a year, patients will get more detailed billing and nurses will get help with school loans. But efforts failed to gain steam for legalizing fentanyl test strips, increasing the pool of mental health professionals who accept Medicaid and expanding Medicaid benefits to more Texans.

1 day ago

Houston commits to cleaning up after illegal dumpers under agreement with Department of Justice

Houston agreed to tackle illegal dumping to settle a federal civil rights case. Neighbors alleged the city failed to respond quickly enough to dumping complaints in primarily Black and Latino areas.

1 day ago

“Seems obscene” says federal appeals court judge during hearing for Llano County library book removal case

A 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel in New Orleans heard oral arguments Wednesday for an appeal to overturn a judge’s order that Llano County officials return to shelves books they had removed. It was not clear how or when the appellate panel would rule.

1 day ago

Texas’ Ken Paxton hires prominent attorney for impeachment trial

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has brought on a prominent Houston litigator to defend him in his upcoming impeachment trial.

1 day ago

With Texas House adjourned, Senate takes bigger swing at border enforcement and human smuggling

Rather than accept the House legislation as is, senators passed their own — more expansive — proposals for border security. But unless the House convenes again, the bills can’t go to the governor’s desk.

22 hours ago

New Texas law bans COVID mask, vaccine and shutdown mandates, but some Republicans want more

The bill, recently signed by Gov. Greg Abbott and set to take effect Sept. 1, does not restrict pandemic rules by private entities.

1 day ago

Texas comptroller certifies new $321.3 billion state spending plan, sends to Abbott’s desk

Before Abbott can review the budget that will direct the state’s spending for the next two years, the comptroller has to certify that it doesn’t spend more money than the state expects to bring in.

19 hours ago

A billion-pound problem: How unchecked “excess emissions” ballooned in Texas

Over the last two decades, state regulators have allowed companies to release more than a billion pounds of excess pollution.

1 day ago

Texas man sentenced to 40 years in federal prison on child porn charges

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas, 44-year-old Timothy Lee Tyler pleaded guilty last September to distributing child pornography in 2020 and to possessing child pornography in 2019 and 2020.

14 hours ago

Watch: 25 years after James Byrd Jr. was killed for being Black, his loved ones question how much has changed in Texas

The quiet East Texas town of Jasper came together immediately after the racist murder of James Byrd Jr. Now, Texas is leading the nation in incidents of white supremacist propaganda.

1 day ago

Texas Republicans ended a patchwork of local rules they say hurt business. They also eroded powers of city councils.

Lawmakers delivered Gov. Greg Abbott a long-sought bill to stop local governments from enacting local laws that exceed state law on a number of fronts.

1 day ago

“These allegations are completely untrue”: Paxton attorney Tony Buzbee promises vigorous defense in Senate trial

The boisterous and outspoken attorney will be matched against two legal icons who will prosecute the attorney general in his upcoming trial before the Texas Senate.

1 day ago

Dan Patrick says Senate won’t budge on property tax relief — but there’s no House to negotiate with

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says the Senate won’t accept a property tax relief bill the lower chamber left behind before adjourning for the special session. A bill targeting migrant smuggling also appears imperiled.

2 days ago

Texas panty thief accused of burglarizing apartments, stealing women’s underwear

A Texas man was arrested twice in less than a week after police say he broke into different women’s apartments and stole their underwear.

THINGS TO DO


19 hours ago

State Fair of Texas announces big names for 2023 entertainment lineup

1 day ago

Where to celebrate the Fourth of July, watch fireworks in San Antonio and the Hill Country

1 day ago

Comedians Dane Cook, Rob Schneider and Matt Rife will be performing in San Antonio this fall

1 day ago

Dance, music series returns to Arneson River Theatre in downtown San Antonio for the summer

2 days ago

Texas district suspends superintendent accused of trying to meet a 15-year-old girl for sex

A North Texas school district suspended a superintendent accused of planning on traveling to meet an underage girl for sex.

2 days ago

Almost two years since Kabul fell, a frayed refugee system creates obstacles for Afghans in Texas

The refugee system in Texas and nationally is still recovering from major cuts under the Trump administration. The latest casualty is Texas’ largest resettlement agency, Refugee Services of Texas.

1 day ago

Sheriff files criminal charges over Florida’s transport of migrants from San Antonio to Massachusetts

The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office didn’t say who it has accused of unlawful restraint in connection with last year’s flight to Martha’s Vineyard paid for by Florida. On Monday, California announced it’s investigating similar flights from El Paso to Sacramento.

2 days ago

Without access to water lines, Texas colonias residents are pulling water from the desert air

Thousands of low-income, Latino residents in Texas still do not have safe drinking water. In one El Paso colonia, some residents are using solar distillation to generate water from the air.

2 days ago

Fairfield Lake State Park closes again as land sale negotiations fail

The state is now considering seizing the land to save the park after its purchase offer was rejected by a Dallas developer.

3 days ago

West Texas tornado caught on camera

A tornado that touched down in Fort Stockton was caught on camera after it touched down Friday in Pecos County.

3 days ago

Sections of Big Bend National Park will remain closed this week

A portion of the Big Bend National Park will be closed this week so biologists and staff can apply a herbicide to kill non-native plants, according to the National Park Service.

3 days ago

Texas woman killed in parked car, 3 children hurt in gunfire outside apartment complex

Police in Texas say a woman was fatally shot and four members of her family, including three children, were wounded in their car after they parked at an apartment complex.

Ken Paxton’s impeachment hints at shaky support in Collin County, his longtime base of power

The suspended attorney general’s political origins and rise to power began in the suburban North Texas county. But every House member from the county voted to impeach him.

19 hours ago

Fossil fuels got a boost from lawmakers aiming to fix Texas’ grid, while renewable energy escaped stricter regulations

The bills will give owners of natural gas power plants incentives to build more capacity, but they don’t go as far as originally proposed to change how electricity is created and sold in the Texas market.

3 days ago

For higher education in Texas, this year’s session was a mixed bag of interference and investment

Texas lawmakers made huge investments in community colleges and created new endowments for public universities. They also banned diversity, equity and inclusion offices and gave themselves more control over university faculty tenure.

Texas girl graduates from high school at 14 years old

A 14-year-old girl from North Texas is a second-degree black belt, editor of a student newspaper, and now a high school graduate. Last week, Oforitsenere Bodunrin graduated from James Martin Hogh School at Arlington ISD.

16 South American migrants who entered US through Texas flown to California

Sixteen Venezuelan and Colombian migrants who entered the country through Texas were flown to California by chartered plane and dropped off outside a church in Sacramento.

Texas bans gender-affirming care for minors after governor signs bill

Texas has become the most populous state to ban gender-affirming care for minors.

Gov. Greg Abbott signs legislation barring trans youth from accessing transition-related care

Texas joins 17 other states restricting transgender minors from accessing puberty blockers and hormone therapies. Opposing legal groups have vowed to sue to stop the new law from taking effect.

Abbott appointee resigns as chair of power grid regulator

Public Utility Commission chair Peter Lake had spearheaded a plan to help the state’s power grid withstand weather disasters, but the plan lacked support in the Texas Legislature.

TribCast: The conservative plan to eliminate school property taxes in Texas

On this week’s episode, we speak to the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s James Quintero, who has been at the center of the debate over property taxes this week.

With no deal on property taxes in sight, Abbott hints at multiple special sessions

The governor stands behind his support of the Texas House tax plan despite Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s insistence that the Senate has a better deal for homeowners.

Ken Paxton impeachment moves to Texas Senate, where conflicts of interest, political intrigue await

Senators have been publicly silent, citing their role as jurors with a weighty decision: whether to remove one of the state’s top Republicans from office.

Texas cheerleader shot at H-E-B parking lot talks about recovery, says she’s ‘trying to do whatever I can to be normal’

A Texas high school cheerleader says she tries not to think about the man who allegedly shot her after a teammate mistakenly entered his car in a supermarket parking lot.

Texas superintendent arrested after planning to travel to meet a 15-year-old girl for sex, authorities say

A superintendent at a North Texas school district was arrested after he planned to travel to Houston to meet a 15-year-old girl for sex, according to authorities in Harris County.

Facing youth prison crisis, Texas lawmakers opt to build new facilities and funnel more kids to adult system

For more than a decade, Texas has been trying to slim down its youth prison system, which has been plagued by years of abuse scandals. This Legislature is reversing that course.

No teacher raises. A failed school voucher push. Armed guards. Here’s what changed for public education this legislative session.

Lawmakers sacrificed school funding to block school vouchers, but the issue could be debated again in a special session. Districts will get new funds for school safety, though Uvalde families were ultimately left disappointed with inaction on gun restrictions.

Climate proposals withered at the Texas Capitol this year

Proposals to improve energy efficiency failed. Bills that sought to limit greenhouse gas emissions in Texas were ignored, and legislation to block cities from taking action on climate change passed.

Border Patrol staff didn’t review sick 8-year-old girl’s file before she died in Texas facility

An internal investigation finds that Border Patrol medical staff declined to review the file of an 8-year-old girl with a chronic heart condition and rare blood disorder before died on her ninth day in custody.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection investigation finds multiple failings in the death of 8-year-old girl in federal custody

After discovering that contracted medical staff ignored the mother’s pleas to take the girl to the hospital as her condition declined, the federal agency said it is taking action to ensure an in-custody death “never happens again.”

Meet the Texas House impeachment managers who are taking aim at Ken Paxton

Led by Andrew Murr, a West Texas rancher and lawyer, and Ann Johnson, a former prosecutor, the team of 12 includes 11 with law degrees.

Texas Republicans are fighting over how to split $12.3 billion in property tax breaks between homeowners and businesses

Gov. Greg Abbott and House Speaker Dade Phelan back a plan that spreads property tax relief among all landowners, while Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s proposal would give homeowners a bigger boost than businesses.

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