It’s been decades since Democrats have had control in Texas government. An earthquake: That is how many have been describing the Democratic takeover of not just Texas, but state houses, governorships ...

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In Brownsville, Texas last October, Gina Hinojosa announced she was running for governor of Texas. Hinojosa is an attorney and state lawmaker, and at the time, few political pundits gave her candidacy ...

Since the start of the U.S. military action in Iran, average prices for a gallon of gas have risen from roughly $2.70 to over $3.50 a gallon in parts of Texas in just over a month. Out in El Paso, ...

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the federal government operated boarding schools for native children: many were forced to go. In the present moment, all eyes are on the separation of ...

1. Lonesome Dove was originally a much shorter screenplay. It was written 15 years earlier by Larry McMurtry and Peter Bogdonavich. It was called ‘Streets of Laredo’ and was supposed to star John ...

For nearly 40 years, commuters along Houston’s Southwest Freeway have passed by a peculiar landmark: the head of an Egyptian pharaoh, looming eye-level with drivers on the upper deck. This was Magic ...

Gina Hinojosa has defeated Gov. Greg Abbott in the Texas governor’s race, a stunning outcome that ends three decades of Republican control in Texas and makes her the first Latina to ever lead the ...

In parts of the Houston area, those who call the police and expect a Houston Police Department cruiser to pull up might be surprised by who responds — not a Houston police officer or deputy sheriff ...

The USS Gravely, a Navy destroyer, is making its way from Yorktown, Va. toward the waters off the Texas coast. The Gravely is a massive ship, outfitted with sophisticated radar and communication ...

Houston Mayor John Whitmire’s political party of more than five decades admonished him on Sunday — barring the lifelong Democrat from receiving its endorsement in the future, according to multiple ...

This story starts off like many good stories do: two men walked into a bar. Now, we have to expand it a little, two men walked into a bar in San Antonio fifty years ago. Okay, it was actually a ...