When former President Donald Trump endorsed Gov. Greg Abbott for reelection last week, it was a boon to a governor who, by all appearances, ha… Read more
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AUSTIN — Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick made it official Thursday: The Republican is seeking a third term leading the state Senate. In an announcement v… Read more
Gov. Greg Abbott announced Thursday that Texas will build a border wall along the state’s boundary with Mexico — but provided no details on wh… Read more
Vice President Kamala Harris is hosting a meeting next week at the White House with Democratic state lawmakers who killed Texas Republicans’ p… Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — “SKYROCKETING MURDER RATES,” claimed the National Fraternal Order of Police. “An explosion of violent crime," said Senate Mi… Read more
Walmart wants to help the public tackle some everyday life situations that can be hurdles for many people, such as writing a résumé, budgeting… Read more
Prosecutors in the felony fraud case against Attorney General Ken Paxton are asking the full 1st Court of Appeals to review a decision by a th… Read more
When Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill this week creating what’s called the “1836 Project,” he touted it as a way to promote the state’s exceptio… Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Advocates for Americans held hostage overseas are raising concerns that the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan will m… Read more
AUSTIN — As the Texas summer and extreme temperatures approach, the Public Utility Commission is weighing whether to end a moratorium on utili… Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Government health officials on Monday approved the first new drug for Alzheimer’s disease in nearly 20 years, disregarding w… Read more
Texas Supreme Court Justice Eva Guzman is resigning from her post effective Friday. Read more
Texas businesses that require customers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 will be denied state contracts and could lose their licenses or oper… Read more
Texas’ public university officials and higher education leaders said they are breathing a sigh of relief after state lawmakers added a last-mi… Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide whether a lawsuit can go forward in which a group of Muslim residents of Califo… Read more
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump falsely boasted during his campaign last fall that he’d won Texas by a “landslide” in 2016, and on Saturday night, h… Read more
Times got desperate for Euless’ Liz Taylor in December. She had been out of work since February 2020 when she lost her sales job, just as the … Read more
Fresh off the defeat of two of his legislative priorities Sunday night when Democrats abandoned the Texas House to block a sweeping elections … Read more
State Sen. Dawn Buckingham, R-Lakeway, is set to run for land commissioner, according to two sources familiar with the decision who are not au… Read more
Former President Donald Trump will headline a July 11 fundraiser in Dallas hosted by leaders of the Make America Great Again Action, his post-… Read more
NASA and a North Texas agency are taking a small step this month toward what could be a giant leap in alleviating traffic congestion. Read more
WHITEHOUSE — Texas GOP Chair Allen West announced his resignation Friday morning and said he is considering running for another office, potent… Read more
There was hope in the air when state lawmakers from El Paso arrived in Austin for the 2021 Texas Legislature. For them, this was going to be t… Read more
About $5.5 billion of federal pandemic aid will soon begin flowing to schools, but some districts will get more supplemental aid than others. Read more
The first day, Melissa Hutchins and her husband burned furniture to keep warm. Friends of theirs burned their children’s toys. A neighbor’s ro… Read more
During a legislative session that kicked off at the height of the pandemic in Texas in January, state lawmakers sent a slate of bills to the g… Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is stepping up its enforcement of hate crimes and other bias-related incidents, furthering a promise … Read more
DALLAS — The fate of Texas’ virtual school programs lies in the hands of the state’s education commissioner after lawmakers failed to act on r… Read more
DALLAS — The State Fair of Texas will return in 2021, confirms its spokesperson. The coronavirus pandemic forced the cancellation of the stori… Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials from California, New York and other states urged the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday to allow Califor… Read more
Texas families who relied on the Pandemic EBT card, which previously provided a one-time benefit of $285 for students receiving free and reduc… Read more
A federal district judge dismissed on Tuesday a lawsuit to block a voter-approved abortion ban from taking effect in Lubbock, saying Planned P… Read more
Land Commissioner George P. Bush announced Wednesday that he is running for attorney general, challenging fellow Republican Ken Paxton with a … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Tuesday suspended oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, reversing a dr… Read more
Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law a slate of legislation Tuesday that targets protesters and restricts cities’ abilities to reduce police budgets. Read more
Two days after House Democrats broke quorum to kill Texas’ elections overhaul legislation, Republicans say they plan to use a special session … Read more
Former President Donald Trump endorsed Gov. Greg Abbott for reelection on Tuesday, giving him an early and crucial stamp of approval as he con… Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is leaving in place a $2 billion verdict in favor of women who claim they developed ovarian cancer from us… Read more
AUSTIN — Shortly before the clock struck midnight on Sunday, a crucial deadline, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said the Senate was backed into a corner… Read more
AUSTIN — The mad scramble during the final weeks of the Texas legislative session can be torturous, but that’s how most Texans who are paying … Read more
AUSTIN — Before Sunday, some Texas Republicans were declaring this legislative session the most conservative in the state’s recent history. Read more
AUSTIN — The Texas Legislature closed out its regular 140-day session Monday with sniping among the state’s top political leaders and lawmaker… Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Johnson & Johnson is asking for Supreme Court review of a $2 billion verdict in favor of women who claim they developed … Read more
The sweeping overhaul of Texas elections and voter access was poised from the beginning of the session to pass into law. It had the backing of… Read more
AUSTIN — Democrats on Sunday began mobilizing against a Republican elections bill that they contend is designed to suppress voting in communit… Read more
Across Texas, 384 more coronavirus cases were reported Sunday, including 308 new cases and 76 older ones that were recently reported by labs. Read more
Emerging from closed-door negotiations between the Texas House and Senate, a GOP priority bill to enact new restrictions on voting has swelled… Read more
With Texas Republicans poised to sign off on a sweeping voting bill, President Joe Biden said Saturday that legislation like Senate Bill 7 tha… Read more
AUSTIN — The temperature in Austin this week hit 91 degrees. After the city was blanketed with an early morning, hot mist on Wednesday, it fel… Read more
Texas Republicans were claiming victory late Friday night, saying that they had successfully pushed through one of the most controversial educ… Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators have accused a group of people of promoting a securities offering tied to digital currency that raised ov… Read more
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