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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered the arrest Monday of Democratic state legislators who've fled the state, as a partisan standoff escalated over Republican plans to redraw congressional districts in the GOP's favor...

Democratic members of the Texas state legislature left the state Sunday as part of a bid to block Republicans from redrawing the congressional map to make five additional seats favorable to the GOP. The move to leave the state and deny a quorum drew cheers from Texas Democrats in Congress...

This article is co-published with The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan local newsroom that informs and engages with Texans. Sign up for The Brief Weekly to get up to speed on their essential coverage of Texas issues. Reporting Highlights Going Private: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has increasingly hired private law firms to argue cases

As contaminated Guadalupe River water receded following the deadly flooding in Kerrville, Texas, this month, residents returned to find their homes, vehicles and businesses destroyed. Shelled-shocked and in urgent need to rebuild, many turned to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the embattled organization created to assist people in the aftermath of natural disasters. The responses

A large measles outbreak in Texas that has affected 762 people has now ended, according to an announcement Monday by the Texas Department of State Health Services. The agency says it has been more than 42 days since a new case was reported in any of the counties that previously showed evidence of ongoing transmission.

by Logan Jaffe In late September 2000, longtime Kerr County, Texas, resident W. Thornton Secor Jr. sat down with an oral historian to tell his story. Like many of the residents recorded as part of a decadeslong effort by the Kerr County Historical Commission to document the community’s history...

Joining QB commit Helaman Casuga, 2026 4-star Edge Jordan Carter is headed to Rivals Five-Star camp later this month.

By Spooky on June 24th, 2025 Category: News A Texas man recently made the shocking discovery that he had somehow become married to the woman he had just broken up with, without his consent. Imagine breaking up with someone only to find out the next day that you are legally married to them, even though