On January 13, 1996, Amber Hagerman was taken near her grandparents’ home in Arlington, Texas. The 9-year-old was riding her bike in an abandoned parking lot when she was abducted by a person driving a pickup track. An extensive manhunt throughout North Texas...
The war against TikTok has gone to a new level in Texas. Several colleges in Texas, including the University of Texas, have blocked access to TikTok on their campus WiFi after a directive from Governor Greg Abbott. The University of North Texas has also banned the app...
On Sunday, Governor Greg Abbott appeared on the show “Fox News Sunday” with host Chris Wallace. The resulting interview was a blundering mess for the Texas governor, who is up for re-election next year. Though Abbott teed up his Fox appearance as an opportunity to...
Thanksgiving is different this year. For many of us, we’re going to be celebrating Thanksgiving via Zoom. And at the Texas Signal, we want to keep y’all safe, which is why we are encouraging the very safe activity of reading! Here are some recommendations from our...
A new trailer for comedian Sacha Baron Cohen’s latest film features a segment with Texas Commissioner of Agriculture Sid Miller. It can only mean one thing: Miller was duped, badly. https://youtu.be/0Rsa4U8mqkw?t=157 The new trailer shows Cohen making sexual...
The Texas Democratic Party announced Wednesday that Hasan Minhaj, best known for the Netflix comedy and talk show “Patriot Act,” will be featured as a guest at the Johnson-Jordan fundraising dinner. Minhaj will join Hillary Clinton, Pete Buttigieg, U.S. Senate...
An analysis of news coverage during the 2020 Texas primary finds journalists overwhelmingly relied on white, male sources for their stories. The report by Progress Texas Institute found that in news coverage of the U.S. Senate primary in Texas, more than 71...
Formerly at the Texas Tribune, veteran journalists (and native Texans) Emily Ramshaw and Amanda Zamora recently launched The 19th, a nonprofit and nonpartisan newsroom that aims to empower women, particularly those who are underserved by and underrepresented in...
Sen. Ted Cruz was morally outraged on Wednesday when the Twitter account of the PBS kid’s show, Sesame Street, tweeted out a picture of a rainbow-colored heart with the caption, "Love always wins." “Endless propaganda,” Cruz wrote reacting to the image. “This is a...