The governor’s new executive order emphasizes a prohibition on “vaccine passports” and prohibits “COVID-19-related operating limits for any business.”
County judges can implement renewed restrictions if COVID-19 hospitalizations rise above 15 percent of a region’s capacity for seven days.
As another hot Texas summer begins, the state's power grid and those who run it hope to regain the public's trust after February's disaster.
The analysis found the vast majority of hospitals across America were some degree of non-compliant with the new regulation.
A brewing conflict among political activists on the right over critical race theory legislation seems to have eased for now.
Greg Abbott voiced proposed recourse for House Democrats that broke quorum on Monday by flying to Washington D.C.
In addition to the legislative response, Abbott issued regulatory directives to the state's utilities regulator to shore up the power grid.
With fundraising progressing well, the National Medal of Honor Museum hopes to break ground in Arlington in early 2022 and open its doors to visitors in 2024.
The 2022 GOP gubernatorial primary has its fourth entrant as Allen West announced his candidacy on Independence Day.
Since the peak in January and the rollout of the vaccine, Texas has not seen any major spikes in COVID-19 cases or hospitalizations.
A set of three lawsuits against Facebook for its participation in sex trafficking will continue, after a ruling from the Texas Supreme Court.
Eva Guzman has officially joined Ken Paxton and George P. Bush in the high-profile race for Texas attorney general.
Texas high schoolers rose modestly in English and fell sharply elsewhere. Federal data shows 8th graders struggled even before the pandemic.
Texas has at least 800,000 job openings as the state continues recovery from the pandemic and government-mandated shutdowns of 2020.
Matt Rinaldi has thrown his name into contention to replace outgoing Texas GOP Chairman Allen West.
Less than a year since taking the helm of the nation's largest state Republican Party, Allen West has decided to step down as chairman next month.
The Texas Military Department is warning its members not to participate in extremist groups, but the subjectivity of the qualification is causing concern among guardsmen.
The filing purports that Jeff Mateer, the first whistleblower to resign, said under oath that he did not witness the attorney general commit any crime, but that there was only a concern about future crimes.
Current Texas Secretary of State Ruth Hughs will step down from the position at the end of this month.
A scoring metric that emphasized low-to-moderate income communities and costs per person resulted in significant awards for cities in Galveston County, but excluded Houston and Harris County’s government.
