{"id":231025,"date":"2026-04-02T00:22:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T00:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/231025\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T00:22:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T00:22:15","slug":"texas-evening-briefing-april-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/231025\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Evening Briefing April 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good evening, Texas. We’re wrapping up the day for you with the most important stories you need to know and your weather outlook.<\/p>\n

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Today’s Big Stories<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Hill Country College Preparatory High School closed for rest of week following shooting<\/a><\/p>\n

Hill County College Preparatory High School announced that it will stay closed for the rest of the week after a student shot a teacher before taking his own life on Monday morning.<\/p>\n

Comal Independent School District Superintendent John E. Chapman III invited the community to wear blue ribbons to show support for the teacher, who is still in the hospital. Authorities have not provided any updates on her condition or injuries.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Small business owner grapples with new Texas THC rules<\/a><\/p>\n

Customers going back to the streets for cannabis is a reality that Estella Castro is hearing often. She owns the Austinite Cannabis Company.<\/p>\n

Leading up to Tuesday, the store had its biggest sale in its six-year history with up to 50% off smokable THC products. Everything smokable must go, which makes up 42% of Castro\u2019s sales. A majority of her edible products must also be repackaged in child proof packaging.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Overnight road work keeps Texas highways moving amid massive construction push<\/a><\/p>\n

The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) currently has more than $60 billion worth of active construction projects underway statewide, with about $8 billion concentrated in the agency\u2019s Dallas District, which spans seven counties.<\/p>\n

With such a large volume of projects in progress, transportation officials say overnight construction remains a critical strategy to maintain and improve infrastructure while minimizing disruptions to drivers.<\/p>\n

Notes for Tomorrow<\/p>\n

Thursday, April 2<\/p>\n

First anniversary of President Donald Trump announcing tariffs on all imports on “Liberation Day”
\nUnemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report – Initial Claims
\nErika Kirk and White House Press Secretary Leavitt speak at Turning Point USA tour stop in Washington, D.C.
\nTesla Q1 vehicle production and delivery figures<\/p>\n

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Austin restaurateur to open a taquer\u00eda on Hoover\u2019s Cooking property<\/a><\/p>\n

The owner of two renowned Mexican restaurants in Austin has purchased local southern food institution Hoover\u2019s Cooking, and plans to open a taquer\u00eda on the property are in the works.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good evening, Texas. We’re wrapping up the day for you with the most important stories you need to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36721,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[1973,1226,138,140,139,27],"class_list":{"0":"post-231025","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-el-paso","8":"tag-app-evening-briefing","9":"tag-christine-sanchez","10":"tag-el-paso","11":"tag-el-paso-headlines","12":"tag-el-paso-news","13":"tag-texas"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231025","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=231025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231025\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}