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.
Around 13,000 jobs were added in April, marking a slight improvement from the plateau of recent months.
Gov. Abbott issued a new executive order that threatens to fine local governments that continue to impose face mask requirements.
With many job openings left unfilled, the federal government's extra $300 per week unemployment benefit will be discontinued in Texas starting June 26.
In April, the State of Texas received notice that the previously accepted renewal of a Medicaid waiver would be rescinded — opening the state and area hospitals up to billions of dollars in uncompensated health care.
Huffines has been a longtime critic of Abbott's pandemic response, especially his cessions to local governments and statewide mandates.
The number of new coronavirus cases and hospitalizations has steadily declined without any significant upticks since Gov. Abbott lifted his restrictions in March.
A spokesman for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said The New York Times took his remarks about Gov. Greg Abbott out of context.
The northeast Texas Democrats rejected the resignation of Gary O’Connor, who submitted it after calling Sen. Tim Scott an “oreo.”
The new project will be chiefly aimed at collecting public input from minority and low-income residents around the areas the TCEQ oversees.
The State of Texas' previously approved request for a waiver through its Medicaid program was retroactively denied by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
A delayed cold front caused temperatures to remain higher longer than expected which caused slim margins on Texas' power grid.
The city says it cannot be sued for booting the restaurant from the airport since the "Save Chick-fil-A" bill became law after the removal.
Luther will officially avoid having to serve her remaining five-day jail sentence and payment of a $7,000 fine.
A heavyweight 2022 clash appears to be on the horizon after Land Commissioner George P. Bush criticized Attorney General Ken Paxton in a radio appearance.
Six states have passed laws to let athletes profit from endorsements, and twelve other states have taken up the issue this year.
As the distribution of vaccines picks up, some officials have suggested proof of vaccination requirements in order to participate in day-to-day commerce and movement.
Texas' reopening now includes more widely available visitation to long-term care residents who have been largely isolated for a year. However, some facilities appear to be continuing to limit visitation.
The Texas governor's rebuke of Major League Baseball is the latest in a furious political fight over election security legislation.
