Texas DACA recipients ponder leaving the state amid push to revoke their work permits

A Trump administration proposal would strip Texas’ more than 86,000 DACA recipients of their work permits — including two ...

Texas freezes program boosting minority, women-owned businesses

The program, signed into law by former Gov. George W. Bush, has become a Republican target amid the party's broader DEI ...

How do SNAP benefits work? What to know about the government program

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides government assistance to bring food and other necessities to ...

Texas SNAP benefit pause: Here's how to receive and give help

Food assistance will be canceled in November amid the current federal government shutdown, halting benefits for 11% of Texas' population.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Double execution: Texas, Alabama execute inmates within minutes of each other

Texas and Alabama have executed death row inmates within minutes of each other, one for killing a 13-month-old baby during an "exorcism" and the other for shooting a mother of two in the head during a ...
USA Today

Furloughed federal and state employees can apply for unemployment during shutdown

Federal workers in Tennessee, as well as Tennessee state government employees whose employment was suspended by the U.S. government shutdown, can file for unemployment benefits. These employees were ...