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New Mavs owners with casino ties preach patience on gambling in Texas as they plan for new arena
FOX 4 News Dallas - Fort Worth· 2 days agoDumont also says the timing doesn’t matter as it relates to prospects for a new arena that would...
Editorial: Another call to action on this Juneteenth
Bangor Daily News· 12 hours agoWith action in the Maine Legislature and Congress, Juneteenth was declared a state and federal holiday in 2021. Juneteenth is a 157-year-old holiday,...
Tomlinson: How the enslavers in my family tree and I mark Juneteenth
San Antonio Express-News· 20 hours agoLegend says when Jim Tomlinson learned of Gen. Gordon Granger’s proclamation ending slavery in Texas...
Is Juneteenth a holiday in Florida? What is closed on Juneteenth 2024?
Gannett via AOL· 15 hours agoTexas was the first state to officially observe it, in 1980, but Florida was the second in 1991, well before the rest of the country...Juneteenth resolutions since and repeated ...
9 Things People Don’t Know About Juneteenth
MediaFeed via AOL· 9 hours agoSince then, Juneteenth has been celebrated with parades, picnics, and festivals around Texas. Gradually, the celebrations spread to neighboring states...
Voter advocacy groups ask DOJ to step in to protect Texas ballot privacy
San Antonio Express-News· 4 days agoA coalition of watchdog and voter advocacy groups this week asked the U.S. Department of Justice to...
Thousands of Texas teachers will get cut of multi-million dollar incentive fund
Fox local via AOL· 5 days agoThe Texas legislature created the Teacher Incentive Allotment program in 2019 to boost teacher pay. For this past school year, the TEA will distribute $290 million toward that purpose.
Texas Group To Hold Conference To ‘Start Fighting Back’ Against The ‘War On White America’
Black America Web· 6 days agoIn today’s episode of The Beneficiaries Of White Supremacy Are Not OK, a right-wing group full of...
The Texas grid should be fine in July. Here's what ERCOT says about the dog days of August
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThe Legislature last year established a $5 billion program called the Texas Energy Fund to provide low-interest loans to power generating companies that ...
True Texas Project says Fort Worth Botanic Garden blamed overbooking for cancellation
Fort Worth Star-Telegram· 1 day agoThe CEO and founder of True Texas Project wrote in an email that the Fort Worth Botanic Garden initially told her the organization could not host its birthday celebration ...