Jill Ament

Texas Republican Party leaders want the state to adopt laws that would shorten the early voting period and no longer allow mail-in voting for anyone 65 and up.

Campuses won’t be warned ahead of time about the “random intruder detection audits.”

As a heatwave grips the middle third of the country, Texas residents have been dealing with triple-digit heat for nearly two weeks. That's unusual for June and forecasters say there's more to come.

For the first time, we’re able to see what a black hole at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy looks like, thanks in part to Alex Tetarenko, an astrophysics researcher with Texas Tech University who contributed to the discovery.

The state's climatologist says fire-friendly weather will continue this week.

Rejections were mainly related to confusion or misunderstandings related to the new voter ID requirement.

Large areas of the state are currently at high or extreme danger for wildfire.

Texas argues states should have more say in child placement. Proponents of the law say it's a "gold standard" for Native child welfare.

"It’s a terrifying prospect to think that somebody is going to come knock on your door and accuse you of child abuse. When all you're really doing is putting all the work in, talking to the experts and listening and trying to make the best decisions."

Texas will get $343 million to continue the cleanup and plugging of abandoned oil and gas wells, which can leak methane and other toxic chemicals and contaminate groundwater.