The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling means that Senate Bill 4, which allows local police to arrest suspected ...

As foreign espionage threats continue in the U.S. and in Texas, a new bill becomes law Sept. 1 that prohibits foreign ...

Conservative Washington Post columnist George Will is warning that President Donald Trump could make the difference between ...

As the 2026 midterm elections approach, a pair of once-highly-touted Democratic candidates are trying to make a comeback: ...

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Some 579 nursing homes would be at “elevated risk” of closure if Medicaid cuts proposed in a 10-year budget reconciliation ...

That means TWIA has a significant degree of exposure in the event of costly storms. As of April 2025, for example, TWIA had ...

U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, state Rep. James Talarico and former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke are among those who've said they may ...

A funding boost to the tune of $8.5 billion would usually be a cause for widespread celebration among Texas public schools.

Democrats last carried Texas in a presidential election 49 years ago, last elected a U.S. senator there in 1986 and have lost all statewide elections since 1994. Texas Republicans could, however, ...

Congress passed the “one big beautiful bill” and in it a provision that temporarily exempts certain tipped income from ...

Senate Bill 2753 will change the voting timeline in Texas for the first time since 1987 and would add more days and more ...