AUSTIN — Senators watered down a proposal originally intended to ensure thousands of new moms have health insurance for a full year after giving birth, offering up six months of coverage instead. The bill to extend Medicaid coverage is meant to prevent mothers from dying or developing serious complications following childbirth. Medicaid covers low-income women through pregnancy then cuts off …

An 18-year-old Dallas man has been indicted on a murder charge in the April shooting death of Tony Evans Jr., a 17-year-old Lancaster High senior and University of Wyoming football recruit. A Dallas County grand jury handed up the indictment of Keyshawn Evanta Harris on Wednesday, court records show. Evans was fatally shot about 1:30 a.m. April 11 during a party at …

Early voting begins Monday for the June 5 runoffs in six Dallas City Council races and more than two dozen suburban contests. In addition to the Dallas city races, voters will select new mayors in Fort Worth and Arlington.Where do I vote? Each county lists its early voting sites on its website. Dallas, Collin and Tarrant counties have moved to …

A teenager drowned Friday evening at Joe Pool Lake, according to Grand Prairie authorities. The Grand Prairie Fire Department was called around 6:10 p.m. about the possible drowning of a boy who had gone underwater while swimming near the beach and had not resurfaced. Divers found the 17-year-old after he’d been underwater about half an hour. He was not wearing …

A McKinney man who ran a Ponzi scheme that involved more than 100 investors has been sentenced to five years in federal prison. Patrick O. Howard, 50, pleaded guilty to securities fraud in November and was sentenced Thursday. He must also pay $13 million in restitution to his victims. According to authorities, Howard promised investors returns of at least 12% annually, …

Federal Minister for Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan on Saturday said the Rawalpindi Ring Road (RRR) project should be launched this year as it held “national importance” and it was a flagship project of the ruling PTI which shouldn’t be dropped. Speaking to the media in Rawalpindi, the aviation minister said: “I had the same demand yesterday and today, that the …

Word started spreading on NextDoor, via text message and in Facebook groups. “High alert!” as parents cautioned each other that Plano school trustees would be voting to buy teaching materials that spread the ideas of critical race theory. Dozens of parents came to protest outside of the May school board meeting, many carrying signs decrying “CRT” and urging trustees to …

A man fatally shot his shotgun-wielding brother-in-law during a domestic disturbance Friday in White Settlement, police say. Officers were called about 12:30 p.m. to the 8100 block of Foxfire Lane, near Saddle Hill Park, where a shooting had been reported. According to police, a woman and her husband had been involved in a domestic disturbance about 15 minutes earlier. The …

Frisco video game developer Gearbox Software says it will “create new growth and new opportunities in places outside of Texas” if bills discriminating against transgender Texans become law. The Texas legislature has introduced more than 20 anti-LGBTQ bills this session — more than any other state, according to the Human Rights Campaign, the largest LGBTQ advocacy and lobbying group in the …

AUSTIN — Republican lawmakers announced Friday they reached agreement over a bill to let people carry handguns in public without a license or training that clears the path to Texas becoming the latest state to lift gun permitting rules. The deal would keep in tact many of the changes made by the Senate, including stiffer penalties for felons who illegally …