San Antonio Spurs agree to pay $2.1 million penalty for failed Major League Soccer bid

Spurs Sports & Entertainment will pay a $2.6 million penalty to the city of San Antonio and Bexar County over its failed effort to attract a Major League Soccer team, the Express-News reports. The agreed payout comes as Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones has ratcheted up pressure on SS&E to live up to its end o

Trump targets Texas Democrat James Talarico at rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Dinner

At Friday’s rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Dinner, President Donald Trump lobbed insults at Texas Rep. James Talarico, saying the Democrat seeking Texas’ contested U.S. Senate seat “hates sex,” “hates women” and “hates Christianity.” “The Democrats are running a candidate named James Talafr

Dan Patrick directs Texas Senate to study ways to further ingrain religion into public life

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Monday asked state lawmakers to study ways to further infuse religion into public life as part of a new crop of interim charges unveiled by the Texas Senate leader. One of the lieutenant governor’s directives tells senators to compare state and federal laws surrounding religi

Researchers find microplastics in nearly every Texas waterway sampled in new statewide study

Researchers found microplastics in 76 of the 77 sites sampled in a new research report that’s being billing as the first statewide survey of plastic waste in Texas waterways. The study Microplastic in Texas: A survey of the coast and waterways of the Lone Star State, released by Environment Texas Re