U.S. House Democratic leaders are endorsing Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, as he prepares to run for reelection after weathering two...

Gov. Greg Abbott and the Texas Legislature may have ended their stalemate over property tax cuts, but the next fight is already brewing...

Texas A&M University interim President Mark A. Welsh III said the university needs to establish clear guidelines to handle allegations...

New penalties for “street takeovers” were hailed Wednesday in North Texas as an example of success fomented by community leaders, law...

Harris County, Texas, beset by Republicans looking to influence the Democratic stronghold’s elections, this week is hosting the first...

Lawyers for suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton requested Monday that all but one of 20 articles of impeachment be dismissed, arguing...

For years, liberals have been criticizing Texas’s border-militarization program, Operation Lone Star, as useless, cruel, and a waste of...

This year, Governor Greg Abbott made “school choice,” or vouchers, one of his top legislative priorities. He counted on riding the wave...

Jasmine Granillo was 11 years old when her family joined other workers in a “thirst strike”—a protest in which participants decline to...

Property owners in Texas could be eligible for a $100,000 homestead exemption, certain business could be exempt from paying a franchise...

Hours before the Texas House overwhelmingly voted to impeach Ken Paxton in May, a well-funded supporter of the attorney general issued a...

State Rep. Travis Clardy says the push by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for school vouchers is “wrong headed” and he, like others in the Texas...

The Department of Justice plans to sue Texas over the state’s construction of floating devices in the Rio Grande River intended to...

Having been deemed the “Death Star” bill by several opponents and proponents of it, one law may make current local ordinances in...

Suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton attracted six six-figure donors in his first fundraising report since the House impeached him in...

State Sen. Charles Schwertner, R-Georgetown, will not face prosecution after being arrested for suspicion of driving while intoxicated....

Former U.S. Rep. Mayra Flores, R-Los Indios, announced Tuesday that she is running for her old seat, challenging Rep. Vicente Gonzalez,...

U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, raised nearly $6.2 million in roughly the first two months of his campaign against U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz,...

In Idiocracy, the 2006 Mike Judge classic, the most average man in the U.S. military, Joe Bauers (Luke Wilson), is selected for a...

Last week, the Texas Legislature entered its third session of the year, focusing on property tax relief. Though lawmakers in both the...