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Texas is getting older, but its child population is growing

Texas is getting older, but its child population i...

3 months ago 124

Gov. Greg Abbott orders preemptive strike on screwworm in Texas

Gov. Greg Abbott orders preemptive strike on screw...

3 months ago 164

Majority of Texans oppose total THC ban like the one vetoed by Gov. Greg Abbott, poll finds

Majority of Texans oppose total THC ban like the o...

3 months ago 143

Progressive Rep. Greg Casar has a playbook he wants Democrats to use in 2026

Progressive Rep. Greg Casar has a playbook he want...

3 months ago 157

Texas Lottery Commission to be disbanded as state game gets new restrictions

Texas Lottery Commission to be disbanded as state ...

3 months ago 149

Robert Nichols, the most senior Texas Senate Republican, won’t run for reelection

Robert Nichols, the most senior Texas Senate Repub...

3 months ago 161

Texas to create its own psychology licensing test amid pushback on national exam

Texas to create its own psychology licensing test ...

3 months ago 161

State Rep. Nate Schatzline launches bid for newly vacant Texas Senate seat

State Rep. Nate Schatzline launches bid for newly ...

3 months ago 169

Rep. Jasmine Crockett drops bid for influential post on House oversight panel

Rep. Jasmine Crockett drops bid for influential po...

3 months ago 165

What Texas lawmakers did this session to close the state’s workforce gaps

What Texas lawmakers did this session to close the...

3 months ago 135

Texas directs public universities to identify undocumented students

Texas directs public universities to identify undo...

3 months ago 171

With prospects of a THC ban eroded, Texas hemp industry supports age restrictions, more regulation enforcement

With prospects of a THC ban eroded, Texas hemp ind...

3 months ago 162

Sen. Joan Huffman joins GOP field vying to succeed Ken Paxton as Texas attorney general

Sen. Joan Huffman joins GOP field vying to succeed...

3 months ago 139

Lt. Gov. Patrick rips Gov. Abbott for vetoing THC ban, digs in against calls for regulation

Lt. Gov. Patrick rips Gov. Abbott for vetoing THC ...

3 months ago 154

TribCast: A special legislative session is coming

TribCast: A special legislative session is coming

3 months ago 125

Can Economic Populism Win Back the Rio Grande Valley?

Can Economic Populism Win Back the Rio Grande Vall...

3 months ago 181

Gov. Greg Abbott vetoes funding for federal summer lunch program

Gov. Greg Abbott vetoes funding for federal summer...

3 months ago 159

Former astronaut Terry Virts launches Democratic bid for U.S. Senate in Texas

Former astronaut Terry Virts launches Democratic b...

3 months ago 150

Dancing on Horseback

Dancing on Horseback

3 months ago 618

Rural Americans more likely to live with chronic pain than urban peers, UT-Arlington study finds

Rural Americans more likely to live with chronic p...

3 months ago 141

Did Texas lawmakers do enough for children with disabilities? These child care advocates say no.

Did Texas lawmakers do enough for children with di...

3 months ago 117

Gov. Greg Abbott orders special legislative session after vetoing 26 bills

Gov. Greg Abbott orders special legislative sessio...

3 months ago 141

Gov. Greg Abbott vetoes THC ban, calls for regulation instead

Gov. Greg Abbott vetoes THC ban, calls for regulat...

3 months ago 141

New insight into Texas family detention reveals adults fighting kids for clean water

New insight into Texas family detention reveals ad...

3 months ago 165

Former U.S. Rep. Blake Farenthold of Corpus Christi dies at 63

Former U.S. Rep. Blake Farenthold of Corpus Christ...

3 months ago 210

New federal-state environmental pact aims to speed up Texas highway projects

New federal-state environmental pact aims to speed...

3 months ago 240

Texas is illegally keeping people with disabilities in nursing homes, federal judge rules

Texas is illegally keeping people with disabilitie...

3 months ago 283

Texas lawmakers failed to pass a proof of citizenship law but made other changes to elections

Texas lawmakers failed to pass a proof of citizens...

3 months ago 174

Meals On Wheels waiting lists grow as Texas braces for federal funding cuts

Meals On Wheels waiting lists grow as Texas braces...

3 months ago 199

Texas creating task forces to target Permian Basin oil field thefts

Texas creating task forces to target Permian Basin...

3 months ago 186

Supreme Court clears the way for temporary nuclear waste storage in Texas and New Mexico

Supreme Court clears the way for temporary nuclear...

3 months ago 202

Texas state Sen. Kelly Hancock to become acting comptroller, run for permanent job

Texas state Sen. Kelly Hancock to become acting co...

3 months ago 174

As Ted Cruz calls for a regime change in Iran, other Texas Republicans are more cautious

As Ted Cruz calls for a regime change in Iran, oth...

3 months ago 135

Amid Trump immigration crackdown, Texas reins in border spending and shifts focus to deportations

Amid Trump immigration crackdown, Texas reins in b...

3 months ago 124

Once again targeting higher ed, Texas lawmakers limited faculty influence, campus speech this session

Once again targeting higher ed, Texas lawmakers li...

3 months ago 125

American babies may get $1,000 each to invest because of Ted Cruz

American babies may get $1,000 each to invest beca...

3 months ago 184

Judge convicts Ecuadorian migrant of trespassing on newly formed National Defense Area near El Paso

Judge convicts Ecuadorian migrant of trespassing o...

3 months ago 122

To fight screwworm, the U.S. is opening a South Texas facility to disperse sterile flies

To fight screwworm, the U.S. is opening a South Te...

3 months ago 175

What the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on gender-affirming care ban means for Texas

What the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on gender-aff...

3 months ago 178

Strangest State: Snakes, Mammoths, and Explosions

Strangest State: Snakes, Mammoths, and Explosions

3 months ago 214

Analysis: The 2025 Texas Senate, from right to left

Analysis: The 2025 Texas Senate, from right to lef...

3 months ago 155

Texas again lowers restrictions on certain firearms, passes on regulations

Texas again lowers restrictions on certain firearm...

3 months ago 154

Migrant deported to El Salvador after DPS labeled him a member of Tren de Aragua without evidence, lawyer says

Migrant deported to El Salvador after DPS labeled ...

3 months ago 148

Attorney General Ken Paxton requests new execution date for Robert Roberson

Attorney General Ken Paxton requests new execution...

3 months ago 154

A Caucus, if You Can Keep It

A Caucus, if You Can Keep It

3 months ago 199

Texas students make gains in reading but struggle with math, STAAR scores show

Texas students make gains in reading but struggle ...

3 months ago 186

With only 8% built, Texas quietly defunds state border wall program

With only 8% built, Texas quietly defunds state bo...

3 months ago 184

Analysis: The 2025 Texas House, from right to left

Analysis: The 2025 Texas House, from right to left...

3 months ago 173

Texas made sweeping changes to bail and parole, along with increasing penalties for stolen goods

Texas made sweeping changes to bail and parole, al...

3 months ago 141

Some Texans fear a looming THC ban could return them to opioids, illegal options

Some Texans fear a looming THC ban could return th...

3 months ago 138