What Is Operation Lone Star? Gov. Greg Abbott’s Controversial Border Mission, Explained.
What is Operation Lone Star?
Operation Lone Star is a border security initiative launched by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in March 2021 in response to...
Feds Restore Billions In Halted Payments To Texas Hospitals, But The Fight Over Uninsured...
Federal health officials on Friday restored $7 million a day in funding to Texas hospitals after stopping it six months ago over concerns about...
Wildfire Risk Remains High For Much Of Texas In The Days Ahead, Fire Officials...
Much of Texas is at an elevated risk of wildfires this weekend and early next week because of higher-than-usual temperatures and a worsening drought,...
U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela’s Resignation Announcement Sparks A Sudden Special-Election Scramble In Hotly Contested...
Democrats are suddenly staring down a special election in South Texas, an increasingly competitive region, after U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela, D-Brownsville, revealed Thursday he...
Former U.S. Senate Candidate Amanda Edwards Announces Run for Houston Mayor
Amanda Edwards, the 2020 Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate and former member of the Houston City Council, is running for mayor of the city,...
Shakeup Of Texas Border Mission Leadership Continues As Pair Of Two-Star Generals Departs
Less than 72 hours after Gov. Greg Abbott replaced the Texas National Guard’s top general, two more top officials from the agency have suddenly...
Texas Child Welfare Official Resigns, Saying Top Agency Leaders Scapegoated Employees
The director of child care investigations for Texas’ protective services agency resigned over the weekend and alleged that two of his recently fired employees...
Analysis: When 1 In 8 Texas Mail Ballots Gets Trashed, That’s Vote Suppression
If you say — or write — that it’s harder to vote in Texas today than it was a year ago, or four years...
Texas’ Governor Brags About His Border Initiative. The Data Doesn’t Back Him Up.
ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox.Thomas...
Texas Continues Imprisoning Migrants Without Filing Charges Or Appointing Lawyers, Court Filings Claim
As court fights continue over the constitutionality of Gov. Greg Abbott’s mass arrests of migrants at the Texas-Mexico border, new legal filings describe an...
