Democrat James Talarico is outraising Republican Ken Paxton, but both candidates have plenty of money to spend.
Houston Mayor John Whitmire took office in 2024 with big claims about improving public safety and infrastructure. He came to the job with years of experience in the Texas Legislature. And even though ...
The Texas House of Representatives has passed Senate Bill 1816 that allows imported mini vehicles that are at least 25 years old to be driven on Texas roads. Texas joins 28 other states in legalizing ...
At an event for a congressional candidate last October, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick called Rick Perry “one of my best friends in life” and said the two “talk all the time about politics.” The former governor ...
On March 13, 1966, folklorist Tary Owens hosted a benefit for old-time fiddler Teodar Jackson featuring an intergenerational who’s who of the burgeoning Austin scene. Jackson had grown up in rural ...
Changes to the state standardized tests known as STAAR have made it difficult to compare how Texas students are doing in school in recent years, at a time when concern about the impact of the pandemic ...
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect the latest data from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government put protections in place ...
From the American Homefront Project: It’s been more than ten months since Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced a plan to clean up the places where most younger troops live. In an October 2025 ...
When migrants who are deaf interact with immigration enforcement officials, they are supposed to have access to a sign language interpreter. But new reporting from Mother Jones has found that some of ...
Baldemar Garza Huerta, better known as Freddy Fender, was born in 1937 in the small town of San Benito in the Rio Grande Valley. His family worked in cotton fields during his childhood. Fender made ...