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Investigations

Since 2019, Texas has paid more than $100,000 to influencers

Investigations

Texas businesses fined after violating COVID-19 OSHA guidelines

Twenty-four Texas businesses faced more than $200,000 in initial fines after violating OSHA guidelines related to COVID-19.
Investigations

Who are the donors behind the governor's border wall fundraising campaign?

Gov. Greg Abbott asked for donations to help finish building a wall between Texas and Mexico. The KVUE Defenders looked at who was quick to give money.
ROBOCALLS FEATURED

Meet the robocallers

Every second, Americans receive 62 robocalls. Right before the pandemic began, we set out to find a serial robocaller.
ROBOCALLS FEATURED

Why are robocalls such a big problem?

One of out of every 6 American adults loses money every year from phone scams, costing victims a total of $10 billion, according to Hiya State of the Calls Report.
ROBOCALLS FEATURED

How can you stop robocalls?

We set out find out who are the robocallers, who are the victims and what can be done to stop the calls.
Investigations

Texas at 'elevated risk' of energy shortages this summer: Report

A new national report identifies Texas as at risk of energy shortages due to increased demand and abnormally high temperatures.
Investigations

‘That’s a lot of money’: Texas didn’t solicit bids before spending billions in tax money

Most of the expenditures – about $4.2 billion – were for staffing.
Robocalls

We bought 16 new cellphones, and most started getting robocalls before we even used them

Americans got 58.5 billion robocalls in 2019 -- the most ever. Our investigative team bought 16 new phones all over the U.S. and measured when they got spam calls.
Robocalls

Florida inmates are making robocalls – and the state is cashing in on them

Millions of robocalls hit Tampa Bay-area phones every year. But there's a place here that's placing the calls to people elsewhere in the U.S.
Robocalls

Texans get millions of robocalls every day, per national data

As part of a national investigation, the KVUE Defenders put together a list of things you can do to stop getting so many robocalls.
Robocalls

What you can do to stop robocalls

They're annoying. They're non-stop. Here's what you can do to stop robocalls.

OPD asks for help identifying suspscts involved in an Aggravated Assault investigation

Big Spring Police Department arrest suspect in murder case

Scattered storms are expected around the area both this morning & this afternoon.

Morning Weather 7/23/2021

Cleveland Indians undergo name change to become ‘Cleveland Guardians’

Tokyo Olympics begin with muted Opening Ceremony and empty stadium

OPD asks for help identifying suspscts involved in an Aggravated Assault investigation

Cleveland Indians undergo name change to become ‘Cleveland Guardians’

Newswest 9 | Midland, Texas | newswest9.com

Since 2019, Texas has paid more than $100,000 to influencers

Texas businesses fined after violating COVID-19 OSHA guidelines

Who are the donors behind the governor's border wall fundraising campaign?

Meet the robocallers

Why are robocalls such a big problem?

How can you stop robocalls?

Texas at 'elevated risk' of energy shortages this summer: Report

‘That’s a lot of money’: Texas didn’t solicit bids before spending billions in tax money

We bought 16 new cellphones, and most started getting robocalls before we even used them

Florida inmates are making robocalls – and the state is cashing in on them

Texans get millions of robocalls every day, per national data

What you can do to stop robocalls

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