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Rodents could be to blame for New World Screwworm in Texas
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (799+ words) by Berenice Garcia, The Texas Tribune June 23, 2026 Mc ALLEN " As the New World screwworm continues to infiltrate livestock and other animals in Texas, many have been asking how the parasitic fly landed here to begin with. Last week, the Texas…...
Rain pushes Corpus Christi water crisis back 9 months
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (543+ words) by Colleen De Guzman, The Texas Tribune June 23, 2026 Corpus Christi got welcome news Tuesday when the city's projected water emergency was delayed to September 2027 after recent rains boosted some of the region's reservoirs. The city was initially bracing for a…...
Screwworm-infected Texas district still has no Congress member
2+ week, 1+ day ago (1034+ words) by Gabby Birenbaum, The Texas Tribune June 9, 2026 WASHINGTON " When the U. S. Department of Agriculture announced last week that the nation's first case of New World screwworm had been detected in Zavala County, it was a code red development for the thousands…...
Texas Gov. Abbott expands statewide screwworm emergency
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1017+ words) by Stephen Simpson and Berenice Garcia, The Texas Tribune June 5, 2026 Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday expanded a statewide disaster declaration in response to the New World screwworm's arrival in Texas. The expanded declaration authorizes the use of "all available resources…...
Texas lawmaker sounds alarm as screwworm nears Texas border
3+ week, 1+ day ago (613+ words) by Jayme Lozano Carver and Renzo Downey, The Texas Tribune June 2, 2026 LUBBOCK " Parasitic, flesh-eating flies are 25 miles away from the U. S. -Mexico border, U. S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said Tuesday, refuting a claim by a Texas state lawmaker that the insects were…...
Corpus Christi weighs water curtailment plan amid crisis
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (517+ words) We go where the story is The Brief, our morning newsletter, turns what our reporters see and hear across the state into what you should know. by Colleen De Guzman, The Texas Tribune April 21, 2026 Corpus Christi is preparing for a…...
Trump administration yanks $7 M grant from Texas farmer
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1446+ words) by Berenice Garcia, The Texas Tribune April 16, 2026 HARLINGEN "For more than a decade, Diana Padilla has been teaching Texans in the Rio Grande Valley how to farm. For four hours on Sundays, she and her husband, Saul Padilla, would help…...
South Texas cities drilling wells to delay water crisis
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1305+ words) We go where the story is The Brief, our morning newsletter, turns what our reporters see and hear across the state into what you should know. by Colleen De Guzman, The Texas Tribune April 17, 2026 As a historic drought in South…...
Texas needs at least $174 billion to avoid water crisis
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (798+ words) We go where the story is The Brief, our morning newsletter, turns what our reporters see and hear across the state into what you should know. by Carlos Nogueras Ramos, Colleen De Guzman and Alejandra Martinez, The Texas Tribune April…...