Regional News

Sat, Dec 9, 2023 10:50 PM

Texas state Sen. John Whitmire, D-Houston, trounced Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee in the Houston mayoral runoff...

Sat, Dec 9, 2023 10:21 AM

Texas and Florida state troopers, as well as sheriff’s deputies, continue to apprehend human smugglers in the small border...

Sat, Dec 9, 2023 9:08 AM

As Texas’ lawsuit continues against the federal government over its right to defend its border, Texas National Guard soldiers...

Fri, Dec 8, 2023 4:34 PM

A judge sentenced a Mexican woman and her son for sex trafficking a young girl across the U.S.-Mexico border. ...

Fri, Dec 8, 2023 2:58 PM

Tesla plans to build the largest rooftop solar installation in the world at its Gigafactory in Austin, Texas. ...

Fri, Dec 8, 2023 2:10 PM

Houston Independent School District, the largest public school system in Texas, has a 40% failure rate, with 111 of its schools...

Fri, Dec 8, 2023 8:02 AM

The Texas Comptroller’s Office has updated its list of companies with scrutinized business operations in Iran. ...

Thu, Dec 7, 2023 3:34 PM

The Texas economy expanded faster than the national economy for four consecutive quarters, according to new data released by the...

Thu, Dec 7, 2023 7:41 AM

After a year of fighting each other over bills and legislative processes, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dade Phelan,...

Wed, Dec 6, 2023 10:07 AM

The fourth special legislative session of the year has ended without the Texas legislature passing school choice or education...

Wed, Dec 6, 2023 8:13 AM

As the year comes to a close, Texas National Guard soldiers working through Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security mission,...

Tue, Dec 5, 2023 1:00 PM

About $8.5 billion was deposited into two key state funds that wouldn’t exist without oil and natural gas production tax...

Tue, Dec 5, 2023 12:00 PM

In what has been back-and-forth rulings among the courts, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday overturned its previous...

Tue, Dec 5, 2023 10:59 AM

More south Texas Democratic officials in border communities are switching, or already switched, to the Republican Party. ...

Tue, Dec 5, 2023 10:45 AM

In September, the Dallas Independent School District's school board passed a resolution in which it notified the governor that...

Mon, Dec 4, 2023 1:26 PM

Seventeen Republican governors said the Biden administration and Congress should intervene in the purchase of land by foreign...

Mon, Dec 4, 2023 8:22 AM

The Austin, Texas, public school district is considering requiring an ethnic studies course by the 2026-27 school year that...

Sat, Dec 2, 2023 11:06 AM

A record number of states have passed universal school choice so far this year, but it seems Texas won't be among them. Given...

Fri, Dec 1, 2023 7:23 PM

Ahead of the fourth special legislative session ending Dec. 7, the Texas Senate unanimously passed a school safety bill on...

Fri, Dec 1, 2023 6:34 PM

Two of three judges on a Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals panel sided with a lower district court and required Texas to move back...