📰 NEWS AROUND TEXAS 📰
Houston Immigration policy • Flooding preparations • Voter system fixes 👇
📅 November 7th, 2026AD
⭐ TEXAS’ DAILY FRONT PAGE — THE STORIES MOVING THE LONE STAR STATE ⭐
📋 TODAY’S TOP 5
1. 🏙️ Houston Immigration ICE limits
2. 🌧️ Texas flash flooding prep
3. 🗳️ State plans voter system audit
4. ⚖️ Court cancels hemp arguments
5. ✈️ Dyess starts B-21 facility
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🏙️ HOUSTON LIMITS POLICE CONTACTS WITH ICE
Houston Mayor John Whitmire signed an executive order Friday limiting when city police contact ICE, Reuters reports through Al Jazeera.
For someone with an administrative ICE warrant, the order permits contact only if that person is also going to jail on new charges or another criminal warrant.
People stopped for simple traffic violations will no longer be referred solely because of an administrative immigration warrant.
The order reverses a policy Whitmire put in place in April under pressure from Gov. Greg Abbott.
The Houston Chronicle found at least 107 police contacts with ICE in the first eight months of 2025, compared with nine in all of 2024, Reuters reported.
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🌧️ TEXAS MOBILIZES FLOOD RESPONSE RESOURCES
Gov. Greg Abbott directed the Texas Division of Emergency Management to mobilize additional resources ahead of heavy rain and possible flash flooding in South and West Texas, the agency said in its November 6 release.
The National Weather Service expected multiple rounds of thunderstorms from Friday night through early next week, especially in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas Border and Coastal Bend regions.
Resources include swiftwater rescue boat squads, game wardens and Department of Public Safety helicopters with hoists.
Abbott urged Texans to monitor local forecasts and avoid flooded roads. Hood County's separate forecast appears below.
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🗳️ STATE PLANS AUDIT OF VOTER SYSTEM
The Texas Secretary of State's office acknowledges that its TEAM voter registration system has not met performance expectations, according to Votebeat and The Texas Tribune.
Plans include an independent audit and working groups with county election officials to improve the system.
Elections director Christina Adkins said a new ticketing system will let counties track progress on resolving TEAM issues, the report says.
Working groups are expected to begin meeting in December and January.
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⚖️ COURT CANCELS HEMP CASE ARGUMENTS
The statewide 15th Court of Appeals canceled oral arguments in four cases, including a challenge to state rules limiting hemp-derived THC products, The Texas Tribune reports.
Arguments in the hemp case had been set for Dec. 8. The court told lawyers the case would be reset "at a later date."
Those rules raised manufacturers' licensing fees from $258 to $10,000 per facility.
Three Democrats elected Tuesday are set to take office on the court in early January, according to the Tribune.
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✈️ DYESS BREAKS GROUND ON B-21 FACILITY
Dyess Air Force Base in Abilene held a groundbreaking Thursday, Nov. 5, for a Mission Planning Facility dedicated to the B-21 Raider, KTXS reports.
The project carries a $78 million price tag, and the facility will cover 46,000 square feet.
It is the first military construction project at Dyess built exclusively for the B-21 mission, according to KTXS.
Sen. Ted Cruz spoke at the ceremony as Dyess prepares to become the B-21's third main operating base.
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🌤️ HOOD COUNTY WEATHER WATCH
🌡️ CURRENT: Observed 2:35 p.m., Granbury airport (KGDJ): 64°F, clear
☀️ Forecast (NWS Fort Worth): Mostly cloudy this afternoon, high near 66°.
🌙 Tonight: A 20% chance of showers from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m., low around 52°.
📅 3-DAY OUTLOOK
Sunday: mostly cloudy, 70°/52°
Monday: partly sunny, 72°/55°
Tuesday: mostly sunny, 75°/56°
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