O'Rourke's tour of the state will last 49 days, during which he'll traverse 5,600 miles across Texas.

The ex-mayor’s husband, Mark Jordan, received the same sentence after a jury convicted the couple of a bribery and tax evasion scheme.

Despite $197 million in unspent funds from the 2015 bond package, the commissioners court voted to proceed with a new bond election in November.

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A federal jury in Dallas awarded compensation and punitive damages to a Southwest flight attendant fired for her religious and political beliefs.

The financial titan has been accused of saying one thing in public and doing another behind closed doors.

This week — Mike Collier buys political ads in an unconventional place, the Texas Workforce Commission releases next-decade employment estimates, and Beto O’Rourke’s six-figure-paged finance report prompts an urgent request from a state agency.

Commissioners voted along party lines to move forward with legal action to block a state audit of county elections from 2020 through 2022.

Democratic Congressman Henry Cuellar has been a critic of the Biden administration on illegal immigration.

When the final list is released, the state will begin the process of removing its pension dollars from those offending companies.

The new order includes new directions for Health and Human Services to promote abortion access for those crossing state lines, including through Medicaid.

The inspections began this month and will continue through mid-August.

Athens was the setting for thousands of illegal abortions before the U.S. Supreme Court established abortion rights in Roe v. Wade.

The Texas attorney general had to intervene in the lawsuit to defend the law in question, as the state was not named an original defendant.

Council members passed a resolution in committee to protect abortion access, but the city must still comply with state laws against abortion.

The proposed changes would specify the social studies TEKS, begin lessons on slavery earlier, and include dashes of intersectional theory.

Fort Worth is considering options for regulating short-term rentals within the city. Some residents are concerned about home values and housing supply.

The replacement language is expected to be voted on this week.

The Texas Lottery Commission reported $264 million in sales the week of the historic Mega Millions drawing.

SAISD defended its vaccine mandate in court against the State of Texas, but cannot enforce it for the time being.

The 28-year-old defendant with previous convictions pleaded guilty to illegally possessing drugs and weapons.