KINGSTON, N.Y. — Lawmakers in two legislative committees on Thursday approved a resolution to set aside funds to hire outside counsel to defend Ulster County Clerk Taylor Bruck against a lawsuit brought against him by the state of Texas. But the approval did not come easily, as Republicans on both the Legislature’s Laws, Rules and
SAN ANGELO, Texas (Concho Valley Homepage) — The United States Small Business Administration, through FEMA, is offering small business loans to help those affected by the July 4 floods. These loans can be used by businesses, nonprofit organizations, and survivors whose property was impacted by the floods. The loans are available in many counties in
Signs direct volunteers and community members to relief centers in Kerrville. (Saile Aranda | TPR) Sign up for TPR Today, Texas Public Radio’s newsletter that brings our top stories to your inbox each morning. The postal worker had to use two hands to grasp the stack of donation checks — the size of several books
Blue Origin is launching another brief space flight from Texas, this time with a cryptocurrency billionaire and five other successful professionals. This will be the first commercial space flight since June 29. Blue Origin went viral in April for its first all-woman crew, which included pop star Katy Perry and television personality Gayle King. The New Shepard
The crew for the next Blue Origin spaceflight – which includes Justin Sun, founder of cryptocurrency TRON – could get off the ground in early August. Watch zero gravity inside Blue Origin space flight with Katy Perry Katy Perry, Gayle King and four other women experienced zero gravity as they reached the edge of space
The winners and losers in the ‘big beautiful bill’ These are the potential winners and losers from the tax bill, which President Donald Trump has dubbed the ‘big beautiful bill’. Congress is closer than it’s been in a long time to massively reforming college financial aid. On June 10, GOP lawmakers in the U.S. Senate
Texas is making crypto history. With the signing of Senate Bill 21, the Lone Star State has become the first in the nation to officially establish a state-backed Bitcoin reserve funded by taxpayer dollars. The bold move positions Texas at the forefront of digital asset adoption in government finance, as officials seek to hedge against
FORT WORTH, Texas (WFAA) – A Texas man has a warning for others after he was defrauded out of $32,000. The teacher says he lost his life savings after answering a phone call from, who he thought was, his bank. However, the call was part of a sophisticated scheme. It felt so real and happened
BlackRock has been removed from Texas’s investment blacklist, a major reversal that follows the asset management giant’s decision to scale back some of its controversial climate commitments. The move, announced Tuesday by Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar, ends a three-year ban that had prevented state pension and investment funds from doing business with the world’s largest
Finding a home isn’t getting any easier as the decade moves on, especially for first-time homebuyers. Nationally, median home prices over the past five years have increased by nearly 50%, 30-year mortgage rates have nearly doubled, and the number of homes available for purchase have fallen by a third. Not a happy confluence of trends