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Around Texas
1. Texas secretary of state flags over 2,000 voters as noncitizens
Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson said 2,724 voters have been flagged as being undocumented immigrants. Her office said last week that the voter files were provided to Texas counties, which will now conduct their own investigations into the eligibility of these voters. Once that process is complete, individuals who are deemed noncitizens who voted in a Texas election will be referred to the Office of the Attorney General.
2. Musk’s rollercoaster year: From boycotts and plunging earnings to a potential trillion-dollar payday
The world’s richest man has only gotten richer this year and shareholders at Tesla, his electric car company, may make him wealthier yet by approving a trillion-dollar pay package in a bet he will succeed with new plans for a “robot army” and other technological breakthroughs even as some past promises remain unfulfilled.
3. Programs help minority students affected by federal budget cuts
In September, the U.S. Department of Education announced it would end $350 million in discretionary funding to several minority-serving institutions (MSI). The department said that meeting racial quotas for minority-serving programs is unconstitutional.
President Donald Trump holds a signed an executive order relating to school discipline policies as Education Secretary Linda McMahon listens in the Oval Office of the White House, April 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Around The Nation
1. Federal workers could miss first full paycheck in coming days as government shutdown drags on
2. White House East Wing demolished as Trump moves forward with ballroom construction, AP photos show
3. Heat’s Rozier and Trail Blazers’ Billups among dozens arrested in gambling probe tied to the Mafia
Deep in the Heart of Texas
A red squirrel leaps over a gray squirrel after the larger squirrel became annoyed with its territory being encroached upon, Saturday, May 28, 2022, in Freeport, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Texas is going nuts for Fat Squirrel Week
Texas Parks and Wildlife is hosting its inaugural Fat Squirrel Week, where state parks are competing to decide which is home to the chunkiest rodent in the Lone Star State.