Calling Harris County’s bail system “broken,” Abbott signed a new bail reform law in Houston and criticized progressive judges for releasing violent suspects.
Since the pandemic's onset, the Texas economy has rebounded but still struggles with staffing shortages across many industries.
State officials have regularly clashed with the City of Austin over its policies, including the continuous flirtation with lax homeless camping enforcement.
Republican officials in the state are criticizing Biden’s plans to require the vaccine or weekly testing for employees of large companies.
While the Texas Department of State Health Services is issuing poison warnings about ivermectin products, treating physicians are continuing to promote the FDA-approved pharmaceutical product.
Catch up on the week's hottest stories in Texas politics with the reporting team at The Texan.
Temple co-founder Lucien Greaves said the same standard that allows tribal use of peyote should allow Satanic use of abortion-inducing drugs.
This week — Dade Phelan rallies behind a property tax compression bill, a GOP official criticizes the Heartbeat Act, and a lawmaker announces he will forgo re-election.
The U.S. Department of Justice asked the court to halt private lawsuits against violators of the Texas Heartbeat Act.
The City of Taylor and Williamson County announced their support for the project at a joint meeting on Wednesday.
Although the county has already paid $539,000, a firestorm of controversy over a contract awarded to a well-connected Democrat has prompted county Judge Hidalgo to agree to seek cancellation.
Combined, House Democrats pulled in nearly $650,000 in contributions during the large part of their quorum break in July and August.
Nearly 20 percent of Galveston's population at the turn of the century perished in the hurricane that ripped through the bay city.
Pro-life lobbying group Texas Right to Life has become a litigation lightning rod after encouraging private enforcement of the new law.
After toxicology reports exonerated his wife, Allen West said her "honor and reputation should have never been assailed.”
After a third wave of COVID-19 cases spread across Texas, the number of coronavirus hospitalizations is on the decline again.
The next special legislative session to primarily address redistricting will begin in just a few weeks.
A newly passed bill should let the TEA replace Houston ISD's entire school board, changing the course of an ongoing lawsuit.
The Texas Lottery Commission contributes about a quarter of its revenue to education, but less than one percent to veterans’ causes.
The legislative fight over the Texas election bill has come to an official end with the signing of the bill by Gov. Abbott.
