KVSP Texas
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Google Maps Street View (BLANCO, Texas) — A tiny cattle and ranching town nestled in Central Texas is experiencing water supply woes so severe that it recently only had about a day’s worth of water left. The City of Blanco warned residents Friday night that a “very serious water emergency” had commenced. A small pipe break […]
Jordan Vonderhaar/Bloomberg via Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — The Inspector General of the Texas Department of Public Safety is conducting a full investigation into allegations that Texas troopers were ordered to push back those attempting to cross the border, including children, into the Rio Grande River and deny people water during extreme heat, Texas DPS spokesperson […]
KTRK-TV (NEW YORK) — A missing teen has been found, eight years after he went missing while walking his dogs in Houston, Texas. News of Rudolph ‘Rudy’ Farias IV’s reappearance was tweeted July 2 by Texas Center for the Missing. Then-17-year-old Farias was walking his two dogs on the evening of Friday, March 6, 2015 […]
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (HOUSTON) — At least 13 people have died from heat-related illness in Texas, The Associated Press reported. Ten deaths due to heat illness were reported in Webb County and another death occurred in Galveston County in the past two weeks, local officials told ABC News, as the Southern U.S. grapples with a weeks-long […]
P A Thompson/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — When Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton goes on trial later this year in the state Senate after being impeached, one lawmaker in the chamber will be barred from casting a vote: his wife. Angela Paxton, who represents state Senate District 8, will not be able to take part […]
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — A new Texas law that overrides city and county ordinances will also eliminate protections currently in place for workers, such as mandated water breaks, even in extreme heat, according to critics. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed House Bill 2127 on June 13, which aims to remove “patchwork” local ordinances around […]
Tim Grist Photography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana are under heat alerts Wednesday with the heat index — what the temperature feels like with humidity — expected to reach as high as 122 degrees in some areas. Temperatures hit records on Tuesday and more are possible across Texas on Wednesday, […]
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was impeached on May 27, becoming the state’s first statewide official to be impeached since 1917. The proceedings were sparked by claims from former employees in Paxton’s office that he was misusing his power to aid a friend and donor. The impeachment also underlines […]
Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Gov. Greg Abbott said on Wednesday that Texas bused a group of migrants to Los Angeles, adding it to a growing list of so-called “sanctuary cities” targeted by the Republican governor. The move expanded his efforts to bus migrants outside of Texas, which […]
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (EAGLE PASS, Texas) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said authorities will install a floating water barrier to prevent migrants from attempting to cross rivers in heavily trafficked areas of the Rio Grande Valley. The barrier will be made up of a string of buoys that can be placed and dismantled in different areas […]
