ACLU, free speech organization call for end to drag ban on University of Texas campuses

Two civil rights groups are demanding that the University of Texas System end a drag ban that was announced after a request from Tarrant County Judge Tim O'Hare. Attorneys from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Texas and the Foundation for …

Steve McMichael, ex-Chicago Bears and Texas star, dies at age 67 after battle with ALS

NFL Hall of Famer Steve McMichael, a former Texas football star, died Wednesday after his yearslong battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. He was 67. McMichael entered hospice this week, nearly four years after sharing a diagnosis of ALS on …

Outsourcing Firm to Pay $250K For Discriminating Against Blind Employee in Texas

The Results Companies, A business services outsourcing firm agreed to pay $250,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced. According to the EEOC’s suit, The …

Texas-Based Insurtech Steadily Secures $30M Series C Round

Steadily, a provider of landlord insurance in the U.S., announced $30 million in Series C funding led by Two Sigma Ventures at a $355 million valuation. Steadily serves 18 million individual rental property owners who collectively own the majority of …

Sullivan Georgiades excited to serve as Texas A&M regent

“My priorities are to fortify our regional universities, obviously here with the flagship too, but also our agencies as well and the impact it's going to make,” Sullivan Georgiades said after the meeting. “As the only land-grant university within the …

The IPO Buzz: Texas Ventures Acquisition III (TVACU) Prices $200 Million SPAC IPO

Texas Ventures Acquisition Corp. III (TVACU), an industrial tech-focused SPAC based in Houston, priced its SPAC IPO – 20.0 million units at $10.00 each – to raise $200.0 million on Tuesday night, April 22, 2025. The pricing was in sync with the terms in …

Texas A&M men’s golfer Michael Heidelbaugh cards record 61 at SEC tournament

Wheaton Ennis and Phichaksn Maichon both shot 1-under (69) to tie for 21st. Maichon, A&M’s No. 1 golfer, overcame a pair of early bogeys and shot 33 on the back nine. He had four birdies over five holes. Ennis was steady all afternoon with just two …

Texas executes Moises Mendoza for brutal 2004 murder of young North Texas mother

Mild temperatures linger around North Texas

Women's Center of East Texas receives grant to continue providing aid