Congress set guidelines for the funding, such as no tax cuts, but the legislature has eyed it anyway hoping courts will rule on their side.
Thousands of illegal aliens, most of whom from Haiti, are waiting in Del Rio, Texas, to be arrested by border patrol agents.
The city transit and police departments both weathered proposals to lower the tax rate by cutting their budgets.
President Biden used part of his Constitution Day proclamation to criticize “attempts to suppress and subvert the right to vote.”
Catch up on the week's hottest stories in Texas politics with the reporting team at The Texan.
This week — Lt. Governor Dan Patrick lists priority items for the next special session, a lawmaker is censured by his local GOP, and an agency gives an update on the pandemic unemployment.
A decade-old lawsuit has brought the state foster care system to a crossroads between high standards and availability.
While school tension over masks is hardly new, the district's fight comes during its first recent F rating, a lawsuit, and serious claims.
The Fort Worth representative joins a field of several other well-known Texas politicians in the Republican primary to be the Texas Attorney General.
The number of enforcement encounters in August went down for the first time since President Biden took office.
As the county grapples with a daunting case backlog and a jail at capacity, violent suspects released on bond continue to pose challenges for public safety.
With a lawsuit already filed for the upcoming redistricting, here’s a look back at the litigation over the past decade.
County Judge Glen Whitley supports a $50 payment to incentivize Tarrant County residents to receive COVID-19 vaccinations, but other commissioners aren’t so sure.
An obscure fight over storage of nuclear waste became a topic in the gubernatorial primary after incumbent Greg Abbott touted his support for its prohibition in Texas.
Brian Harrison finished first on Election Day while John Wray, who formerly occupied the seat, finished second.
A day after briefing the city on its all-time record homicide total, the Austin Police Department announced another homicide.
The Texas Democrat is giving all of her pay from the special sessions that she largely missed to a Planned Parenthood facility in Denton County.
In the coming weeks, the Facilities Commission is expected to finalize arrangements with the border wall program manager.
Governor Abbott faces the first significant primary of his political career with three high-profile candidates all racing for the conservative lane.
Calling Harris County’s bail system “broken,” Abbott signed a new bail reform law in Houston and criticized progressive judges for releasing violent suspects.
