Tax-hiking ballot measures had different electoral outcomes in Charlotte and Austin, but both boosted the case for a reform ...

A decision on the state’s new congressional map will affect five House seats and could help determine control of the chamber ...

A range of new laws from the Texas Legislature's recent regular session are set to take effect in December and January.

In a 160-page opinion, federal Judge Jeffrey Brown concluded that, “Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially ...

Texas is asking the Supreme Court for an emergency order to be allowed to use a congressional redistricting plan favorable to Republicans in the 2026 elections despite a lower court ruling that it ...

A panel of three federal judges has blocked Texas from using a new congressional map that Republicans drew in hopes of ...

On Nov. 4, Texas voters approved a significant upgrade to the way Texas’ water infrastructure is funded. Proposition 4—one of 17 propositions that were on the ballot for voter approval in ...

With the passage of Proposition A, the Liberty Hill Independent School District is preparing for a new chapter. The voter-approved tax rate election, which passed narrowly Nov. 4 with 52 percent of ...

The Texas football team didn’t let a rumor cloud the win. After the overtime escape against Mississippi State, Steve Sarkisian blasted pregame chatter linking him to NFL openings, calling the report ...

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Gov. Gavin Newsom spent the first weekend after his Proposition 50 victory soaking in the adulation of Texas Democrats at a Houston rally and castigating President Trump on a nationwide CNN interview ...

The Carter Lake Dam in Polk County has been compromised, prompting an immediate evacuation order for residents living nearby, according to the Polk County Emergency Management. Read full article: ...