Private Donations for a Texas Border Wall Have Soared to $54 Million. But It’s...
Gov. Greg Abbott's efforts to raise private funds to build a wall along the Texas-Mexico border surged in August, from around $1 million at...
Texas Senate Pushes Hastily Conjured Bill Allowing Party Officials to Trigger Audits of 2020...
Fresh off their success passing legislation to tighten Texas voting laws, Republicans in the Texas Senate are working to hastily push through a bill...
The Nationwide Ban on Evictions Is Over. Here’s What Texas Renters Need to Know
With the death of the nationwide moratorium on evictions, hundreds of thousands of Texas renters lost a key legal protection they had against losing...
Wray, Harrison Advance to Runoff in Election to Claim Wray’s Former Texas House Seat
Former state Rep. John Wray, R-Waxahachie, is advancing to a runoff against fellow Republican Brian Harrison in Wray's bid to reclaim his old seat.
With...
Texas Is One Step Closer to Funding Virtual Learning, but Could Leave Out Many...
After months in limbo during a new pandemic wave, Texas lawmakers passed a bill Monday afternoon that will expand and fund virtual learning, but...
The State’s Sending Thousands of Health Care Workers to Texas Hospitals Amid a New...
Dr. Esmaeil Porsa, president and CEO of Harris Health System, said the hospitals in the system were at a breaking point when he learned...
Texas Lawmakers Supported a Statewide Vaccine Mandate a Decade Ago. Now They’re Resisting One...
In 2011, the Texas Legislature led the country and overwhelmingly passed the first law requiring meningitis vaccines for students under 22 enrolling in college.
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Texas House passes new voting restrictions as Democratic hopes of killing the legislation wane
After months of drama and political resistance, the curtain has lowered on Democratic attempts to stave off a far-reaching rewrite of the state’s voting...
Texas’ Biggest County Saw a Sixfold Jump in Vaccine Rates After Offering $100 for...
A week after public health officials in Texas’ most populous county started handing out $100 cash cards to locals getting their first COVID-19 shot,...
Texas House Committee Again Passes the Voting Restrictions Bill That Instigated Democratic Quorum Break
A Texas House committee on Monday advanced the GOP-backed voting restrictions bill that first prompted Democrats to stall legislative work during a weekslong quorum...
