Texas Republicans should have known that Donald Trump’s second midterm would be even more dangerous to their careers than the ...

A significant percentage of Texans are Spanish speakers—but most of our state’s governors have not been among them.

Under Greg Abbott’s appointed Texas education commissioner, the state has taken over school districts at an alarming pace.

The Tesla CEO’s vision for the car “Bladerunner would have driven” crashed into reality (and a lot of other things).

With Democrats preparing to assume control of many of the state’s institutions—only the Senate, the Supreme Court, the Court ...

Jamin Hemenway spent eighteen years chasing his dream. The meals he ate along the way were one of the best parts.

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On Tuesday, Patrick and his allies were swept from power at virtually every level of state government—a generational setback ...

The nickname “Second City” wasn’t bestowed upon Chicago as a title of distinction. When author A. J. Liebling bestowed that sobriquet in writings that were later published in his 1952 book, Chicago: ...

A powerful windstorm known as a derecho ripped through southeast Texas on Thursday evening, killing eight Houstonians and knocking out power for close to a million customers in Harris County. (As of ...

I’ve covered every election in Texas since 2006. Tuesday night’s results are, by far, the most shocking I’ve ever seen. For ...

Former Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan saw it coming—at least in part. Three weeks ago, when he and I sat down for an ...