The confirmation of Turner’s death came just months after he won Texas’ 18th Congressional District race.

AEP Texas, the electric transmission company for much of the Big Bend region, reported more than 3,600 customer outages in and around Marfa, Presidio and surrounding midday Tuesday. The Marfa outage was apparently short-lived.

From hurricane season to ice storms, the way the state gets its alerts might change after scientists at NOAA and the National Weather Service were fired.

L'Oreal Stepney was brought to tears Thursday during a tense exchange with Rep. Brian Harrison (R, Midlothian) over DEI considerations in the board’s hiring practices.