All Texas Adults Will Be Eligible for Covid-19 Vaccine on March 29

All Texas adults will be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine regardless of age, occupation or health status starting on March 29, state health officials...

Republican State Sen. Dawn Buckingham Is Set to Run for Texas Land Commissioner

State Sen. Dawn Buckingham, R-Lakeway, is set to run for land commissioner, according to two sources familiar with the decision who are not authorized...

University of Texas President Defends Decision to Join SEC As Lawmakers Criticize Timing and...

University of Texas at Austin President Jay Hartzell on Monday publicly defended the school’s decision to leave the Big 12 for the Southeastern Conference...

Gov. Greg Abbott Wanted State Lawmakers to Ban Mask Mandates in Public Schools. They...

As the Texas war over mask mandates rages in the courts and in school board meetings, state legislators decided to stay out of the...

Trump Won the County in a Landslide. His Supporters Still Hounded the Elections Administrator...

This story was originally published by ProPublica. An elections administrator in North Texas submitted her resignation Friday, following a monthslong effort by residents and officials...

U.S. Reopens Land Borders With Mexico To Vaccinated Travelers

EL PASO — After 19 months of closure, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Monday reopened its ports of entry to vaccinated travelers...

Texas Reports Its First Case Of The Omicron COVID-19 Variant

Texas has identified its first case of the omicron COVID-19 variant, a strain flagged as potentially more infectious than any that has come before...

Beto O’Rourke Raises $7.2 Million In First 46 Days Of Campaign; Greg Abbott Hauls...

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke raised $7.2 million in the first 46 days of his campaign, while Republican incumbent Greg Abbott raked in $18.9...

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, Trump’s Man In Texas, Has Quietly Amassed Influence — To...

At an event for a congressional candidate last October, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick called Rick Perry “one of my best friends in life” and...

Rural Texas Was Meant To Get 10% Of State Bonds For Water Projects. It’s...

Rural areas of Texas receive only a fraction of a percent of bonds for state water plan projects, far less than what lawmakers intended...
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