Texas border towns

While most proposed amendments on this year's ballot focused on taxes, voters also showed strong support for investing in Texas' network of technical colleges and dementia and Alzheimer's research.

Cards Against Humanity sued SpaceX alleging Musk's employees trespassed on a piece of land in South Texas and dumped trash.

Texas officials suggested the federal government could pick up construction. However, during President Trump's first term, his administration built about one-third of what the state was able to put up in the same amount of time.

Relief could be on the way for South Texas farmers facing a crippling water shortage. On Friday, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said the country would make "an immediate water delivery" to Texas farmers.

Two measles cases have been reported at Fort Bliss and in the city of El Paso; Juárez reports four cases.

About 500 Texans, mostly young unvaccinated children, have contracted the disease. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visited the West Texas town that has been the epicenter of the outbreak.

Measles complications can include pneumonia, hearing loss, meningitis, and death.

Next step will be action in the state House, where budget writers have different plans for distributing property tax help.

Public health experts say Texas needs better messaging on vaccinations and quarantining and more people conducting contact tracing to contain the spread.

The measles outbreak has claimed at least two lives so far. Texas will share its own update on the outbreak on Friday.