{"id":186757,"date":"2026-03-02T13:48:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T13:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/186757\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T13:48:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T13:48:11","slug":"morning-briefing-texas-march-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/186757\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Briefing Texas March 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good morning, Texas. Here’s what you need to know today.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Your Weather Planner<\/p>\n

Morning clouds begin to move out this afternoon, leading to more sunshine. Temperatures will warm up into the 70s and 80s. All eyes will be on the sky tonight as a Lunar Eclipse is possible Tuesday morning, as lows fall toward the 50s and 60s. We remain dry for one more day before showers and storms arrive by the middle of the week. Some storms could be strong to severe at times. Chances for rainfall are likely each day through the weekend.<\/p>\n

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Get your 7-day forecast:\u00a0Austin<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0San Antonio<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Dallas<\/a><\/p>\n

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Watch the latest news and more local stories from across the country.<\/p>\n

Around Texas\u00a0<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0FBI investigates Texas bar shooting that killed 2 and wounded 14 as possible terrorist act<\/a><\/p>\n

A gunman wearing clothes with an Iranian flag design and the words \u201cProperty of Allah\u201d killed two people and wounded 14 early Sunday at a Texas bar, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. The FBI is investigating the shooting, which erupted a day after the U.S. and Israel\u00a0launched an attack on Iran, as a potential act of terrorism.<\/p>\n

The gunman was identified as 53-year-old Ndiaga Diagne, the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Texas elected officials react to attack on Iran<\/a><\/p>\n

In the hours after the United States and Israel\u2019s joint military attack on Iran, Texas elected officials largely reacted along party lines to the conflict.<\/p>\n

On Saturday morning, President Donald Trump\u00a0announced\u00a0that the U.S. had launched \u201cmajor combat operations in Iran.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Contractors meet with officials in Washington and Austin to discuss immigration construction crisis<\/a><\/p>\n

Board members from the South Texas Builders Association recently met with representatives of Gov. Greg Abbott\u2019s office in Austin to explain the economic damage that the group says is happening at the hands of ongoing immigration enforcement.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re facing a construction crisis,\u201d said Mario Guerrero, CEO of South Texas Builders Association.<\/p>\n

Around The Nation<\/p>\n

1.\u00a03 U.S. troops killed, 5 seriously wounded during Iran attacks, military says<\/a><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0At least 22 people killed in Pakistan as protesters try to storm U.S. Consulate<\/a><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0U.S., Israel pound targets in Iran as Trump signals openness to talk to new leadership<\/a><\/p>\n

Deep in the Heart of Texas\u00a0
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Texas guard Bryanna Preston (1) reacts to a score against Mississippi State during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Austin, Texas, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026. (AP Photo\/Eric Gay)<\/p>\n

Texas moves to No. 1 seed in latest NCAA women’s bracket preview, joins UConn, UCLA, South Carolin<\/a>a<\/a><\/p>\n

Texas joined UConn, UCLA and South Carolina as\u00a0No. 1\u00a0seeds in the women’s\u00a0NCAA Tournament\u00a0if it began now.<\/p>\n

The Longhorns replaced Vanderbilt as the fourth top seed in the second reveal by the NCAA basketball selection committee of teams in line for the top 16 seeds Sunday. Texas was a No. 2 seed in the\u00a0initial reveal on Feb. 14, which was shown right after the Longhorns lost to Vanderbilt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning, Texas. Here’s what you need to know today.\u00a0 Your Weather Planner Morning clouds begin to move…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":186567,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[2160,138,140,139,30432,27,835],"class_list":["post-186757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-app-top-stories","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news","tag-hannah-maguire","tag-texas","tag-vod"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186757\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}