In 2021, a court ruled that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office has limited ability to prosecute voter fraud. Since then, his office’s work combating those crimes has slowed to a crawl. But ...

On this first day of in-person early voting in what has become the marquee political race in Texas, the Texas Tribune notes that both U.S. Senate candidates — Republican Ken Paxton and Democrat James ...

Texas House Democrats have left the state to delay congressional redistricting set to favor Republicans. If all this sounds familiar, it’s probably because Texas Democrats walked out in 2021, in 2003, ...

Texas Children’s Hospital has agreed to a first-of-its-kind settlement with the state of Texas over allegations it provided prohibited gender-transition treatments to minors. The deal includes a $10 ...

A high school state football championship in Texas is arguably about more than just temporary bragging rights. It’s a guaranteed story that will be told for generations, with a record that will be ...

Birdwatchers rejoice: It’s almost time for the cranes to come back to Texas. Flocks of sandhill cranes, and the world’s only flock of wild whooping cranes, will be settling in the Lone Star State for ...

Lubbock City Council passed a motion last month to begin the procedure to adopt a pause on large-scale data center development. The vote came after two different orders from Texas Governor Greg Abbott ...

Austin’s support of a housing development called The Sasha recently received $1 million to build a 60-unit housing development. The development will support human trafficking victim and children ...

On Tuesday, the district attorney for Nueces County, which includes Corpus Christi, resigned and threw his hat in the ring to challenge Ted Cruz for his U.S. Senate seat. Democrat Mark Gonzalez had ...

Daniel Perry, who was convicted of murder for fatally shooting a demonstrator during a Black Lives Matter protest in 2020, has been pardoned. The former Army sergeant had been sentenced to 25 years in ...

John Gunther is probably world famous for being quoted as saying, “If a man’s from Texas, he’ll tell you. If he’s not, no use embarrassing him by asking.” Gunther is often depicted as a grizzled oil ...

On May 2, 1923, country songwriter Ruby Nell Allmond was born in Fannin County. Almond hailed from a musical family, performing in church from the age of four and forming a band with her siblings in ...