Roger Gray

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How Trump’s plans to boost catch limits could hurt Gulf fishermen

1 week ago | ktbb.com | Roger Gray

Posted/updated on: June 17, 2025 at 12:36 pm HOUSTON – The Houston Chronicle reports that when President Donald Trump signed an executive order in April ordering an increase in fishing limits to restore “American seafood competitiveness,” fishermen from Texas and other coastal areas cheered him on. But behind the scenes, many were concerned.
Texas natural gas production set record high earlier this year

2 weeks ago | ktbb.com | Roger Gray

Posted/updated on: June 11, 2025 at 3:47 pm TEXAS – The Dallas Morning News reports that Texas‚Äôs natural gas production set record highs this spring as the state‚Äôs oil production remained at strong levels, reinforcing ‚ÄúTexas‚Äô central role in powering the U.S. and global economies,‚ÄĚ according to a report released Monday by the Texas Oil & Gas Association.
Man still on the run, woman detained after high speed chase

2 weeks ago | ktbb.com | Roger Gray

Program Schedules Posted/updated on: June 10, 2025 at 2:48 pm TYLER – Our news partners at KETK report a man is still on the run and a woman was detained after a high speed police chase early Tuesday morning in Tyler, officials said. According to the Smith County Sheriff’s Office, a deputy was trying to make a traffic stop on a car near Loop 323 and Texas College Road early Tuesday morning when the driver drove off reaching speeds of 100 mph.
Teacher pay raise bill signed into law

3 weeks ago | ktbb.com | Roger Gray

Posted/updated on: June 5, 2025 at 12:52 pm AUSTIN – The Dallas Morning News reports that Gov. Greg Abbott signed a sweeping education funding bill into law Wednesday that will provide teachers with billions of dollars in pay increases. The funding law will give $8.5 billion to Texas public schools, including an estimated $170 million for Dallas schools over the next two years.
Texas judges receive long-awaited pay raise in last-minute legislative deal

3 weeks ago | ktbb.com | Roger Gray

Program Schedules Posted/updated on: June 3, 2025 at 1:33 pm AUSTIN – The Austin American-Statesman reports Texas judges are set to see a long-anticipated pay raise under a last-minute deal that House and Senate lawmakers struck Monday, resolving hours of tense negotiations that pit both chambers against each other and sent the stateās judiciary into a panic.
Groups warn Abbott over Ten Commandments bill

3 weeks ago | ktbb.com | Roger Gray

Posted/updated on: May 31, 2025 at 11:26 am AUSTIN – The Baptist News Global reports Texans will sue once Gov. Greg Abbott signs a bill requiring Ten Commandments displays in public school classrooms, three national civil liberties groups said May 29. The announcement came a day after state senators voted to approve an amended version of Senate Bill 10 passed by the House 82-46 a few days earlier.
Texas Legislature OKs teacher pay raise, school funding

3 weeks ago | ktbb.com | Roger Gray

Posted/updated on: May 31, 2025 at 8:06 am AUSTIN – The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports that a school finance bill that includes teacher pay raises is headed to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. The Texas House on May 29 accepted Senate changes to House Bill 2, which directs $8.5 billion to public schools. The vote was 122-13. Rep. Brad Buckley, a Salado Republican and the billās author, outlined the legislation as approved by the Senate on May 23.
Beaumont convenience store robbers sentenced for killing clerk

3 weeks ago | ktbb.com | Roger Gray

Posted/updated on: May 31, 2025 at 7:04 am BEAUMONT, Texas ‚Äď Two men who robbed a Beaumont convenience store and killed the clerk have been sentenced to over 30 years in federal prison for firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs.
School discipline code rewrite to take immediate effect

4 weeks ago | ktbb.com | Roger Gray

Posted/updated on: May 30, 2025 at 2:51 pm AUSTIN – The Dallas Morning News reports public school educators in Texas are set to reclaim flexibility over how they punish students who bring e-cigarettes onto campus under legislation sent to the governor this week. That change — along with giving administrators more leeway to suspend young kids — is part of a broader rewrite of Texas’ school discipline code that won final passage on Wednesday.
How a bill to speed up evictions is testing Texas’ powerful landlord lobby

1 month ago | ktbb.com | Roger Gray

Program Schedules Posted/updated on: May 23, 2025 at 11:55 am HOUSTON – The Houston Chronicle reports that three weeks after Molly Cook was sworn in as a freshman state senator in February, the Houston Democrat was approached by a group of lobbyists with the Texas Apartment Association.