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CARROLLTON — Texas Sen. John Cornyn plans to introduce new legislation in the coming weeks to aid law enforcement in combating the worsening fentanyl crisis among youths and broaden access to treatment programs. The GOP legislator announced the impending Substance Use Disorder Prevention, Treatment and Recovery Act of 2023 at a news conference Monday at R.L. Turner High School in …

Dallas biotech hub Pegasus Park could house a headquarters site for the federal government’s new biomedical research agency after a coalition of Texas cities joined forces to apply for the massive project. For more than a year, science advocates conducted a targeted campaign to convince lawmakers that Texas is the right fit for the $2.5 billion Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, a …

The Texas House gave initial approval to school safety bills that aim to provide schools with more armed personnel, mental health training and money for campus security. The state currently gives schools about $10 per student for safety needs. Under legislation the House moved forward, that would increase to about $100 per student plus additional funds per campus. Teachers or …

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said he was advised he didn’t have to disclose private jet flights and luxury vacations paid for by Dallas billionaire Harlan Crow because, although a close friend, Crow “did not have business before the court.” But in at least one case, Crow did. Bloomberg reviewed dozens of state and federal cases involving companies that the Crow family has …

Denton police made an arrest Monday in the January shooting death of man inside his apartment. Police said the suspect knew the victim, 43-year-old Cory Johnson, and had previously stayed at the apartment with him. Officials did not elaborate on how the men were related. Darontay Danshield, 31, faces a murder charge and is being held at the Denton jail. It was …

While our weather has been rather cool for April the past few days, it’s going to turn more unsettled with chances for showers and storms. Tuesday there’s a slight risk of thunderstorms and the possibility of severe weather. The primary threats are moderate/heavy rainfall, large hail and damaging winds. It appears a better chance of storms will arrive Wednesday morning. …

Authorities are investigating the death of a North Texas man reportedly attacked by a bull, according to the Ellis County Sheriff’s Office. Shortly after 2 p.m. Monday, Ellis County sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the 200 block of James Road in Ferris, Texas, where someone said a bull had killed their 60-year-old son, according to a news release. Deputies found a …

WASHINGTON — Rep. Jodey Arrington faces what he describes as his “greatest leadership challenge” ever as the House Republican in charge of shepherding his party’s proposal tying a must-pass debt ceiling increase to significant spending cuts and a slew of other conservative wish list items. The Lubbock Republican, chair of the House Budget Committee since January, expressed confidence Monday that …

Video released by Fort Worth police Monday evening appears to show a man pepper-spraying anti-drag protesters outside of a drag show over the weekend. Three people were arrested Sunday following an altercation between a group that defends drag shows and members of “Protect Texas Kids,” who were protesting across the street from a drag show at Fort Brewery & Pizza, police said. …

Houston (Reporting by Raja Zahid Akhtar Khanzada) Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan says that our country is standing at such a point that it can go towards destruction and a real democracy which we have not got till date. Imran Khan said during a video link tour to the Pakistani community at the Eid-ul-Fitr party in Houston, hosted …