Gov. Greg Abbott signs executive order targeting alleged ‘birth tourism’ in Texas

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday signed an executive order directing state agencies to “investigate and eliminate” alleged birth tourism happening in Texas. Abbott’s latest political grandstanding is in response to a report from conservative blogger Tony Ortiz of Current Revolt earlier this month,

Texas agriculture commissioner blasts Gov. Greg Abbott over data center donations

Republican Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller has put Gov. Greg Abbott’s history of accepting data center money on blast, questioning the honesty of rhetoric about the state’s the data center boom. “He didn’t care,” Miller said in a scathing Facebook post from Saturday that included a picture

Sonic Gamblers: Powdered Wig Machine celebrates release of new album with back-to-back shows

San Antonio’s Powdered Wig Machine isn’t about rock ’n’ roll conventions. Does the trio play art-rock or noisy punk? Exactly what bizarro subgenre is it aiming for? And what’s up with the crossdressing singer-guitarist who insists on playing a character named Patricia?  Given that proclivity for col

Texas invested billions to fight cancer. Abbott’s H-1B visas restrictions may stall research, some warn

Texas spent billions recruiting scientists from around the world to turn the state into a cancer-research powerhouse. Now, nearly six months after Gov. Greg Abbott restricted public institutions’ use of the H-1B visa program, cancer advocates and immigration attorneys warn the policy could undercut