Mark Cuban, a regular on ABC’s Shark Tank and the owner of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks, could potentially face millions of dollars in government givebacks, thanks to a new Texas state law.
The Texas “Star Spangled Banner Protection Act” law went into effect Wednesday, requiring pro teams in the state that take public…
SUNDAY PM UPDATE: One of the 14 people wounded during the early Saturday shooting in Austin, Texas6th Street Entertainment District, a 25-year-old man, has died from his injuries, the Austin Police Department confirmed Sunday.
SUNDAY JUNE 13 AM UPDATE: Officials said one of the suspects arrested for the mass shooting…
“We will be doubling down on mask wearing,” said California Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday, “not arguing to follow the example of Texas and other states that I think are making a terrible mistake.”
It’s the second time this week that Newsom, a Democrat, has ripped the actions of his Republican counterpart Greg Abbot…
All my infected exes live in Texas. Or so it may be, a panicked Trevor Noah noted tonight, as he lamented the decision by Texas, Mississippi and a handful of other states to life the pandemic restrictions.
“New infections are kicking up,” Noah said, warning that “before new variants do us in,” it is important to…
Just minutes after California announced that seven counties — including San Francisco — were being allowed to reopen further due to falling Covid-19 numbers, Governor Gavin Newsom excoriated a Tuesday decision by Texas Governor Greg Abbott to lift that state’s mask mandate.
Sharing an Associated Press story on…
As millions of his fellow Texans sat shivering in homes flooded by burst pipes, Senator Ted Cruz headed to Cancun to escape the state’s nasty snowstorm. But after Cruz was caught on camera en route, a social media backlash began. The senator quickly issued a dissembling statement and headed back home.
His explanation…
James White, who owned one of Austin’s most popular honky-tonks, the legendary Broken Spoke dance hall, died today from congestive heart failure complications, according to his daughter. He was 81 and died at his South Austin home.
White founded the Broken Spoke on South Lamar Boulevard in 1964, and it soon became a…
UPDATE, 6:13 AM PT: President Donald Trump continued to rail against the Supreme Court’s rejection of a Texas lawsuit that sought to overturn the election results in favor of Joe Biden in four states.
“WE HAVE JUST BEGUN TO FIGHT!!!” Trump tweeted.
But he, his campaign and his supporters have all but run out of legal…
California is no longer the most infected state in the nation.
The largest state in the U.S., long the home of the greatest number of coronavirus cases, has been surpassed by the second largest state, where cases are surging.
According to Johns Hopkins University, the Golden State had recorded 940,411 infections since…
The governors of Florida and Texas have decided that recently reopened bars are the cause of record levels of new coronavirus cases in their states. On Friday, they closed down the bars there, shuttering businesses just getting back to work.
Seven states are reporting new highs for coronavirus hospitalizations…
On Friday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott began loosening the state’s coronavirus restrictions and allowed movie theaters and select businesses to reopen doors and function at a 25% capacity while keeping in line with COVID-19 safety protocols. Many major movie theater chains like Cinemark, AMC and Alamo Drafthouse…
