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The "red wave" may not have materialized, but some analysts say GOP messaging still managed to win the day.

More than four dozen workers have died from excessive heat in Texas, according to an investigation by Columbia Journalism Investigations, NPR and The Texas Newsroom.

Planned Parenthood clinics in South Texas have stopped providing any abortions as a new law went into effect Wednesday that bans abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy. The two other Planned Parenthood affiliates in the state — Gulf Coast and Greater Texas — will still provide abortions in the rare cases when a pregnancy is detected in that early timeframe, as the law permits.

Texas Democrats made their way to the U.S. Capitol to pressure Congress into voting for federal voting protections. But politics in Washington make that less likely with each passing day.

Reporters from The Texas Newsroom partner stations broke down some of the key items.

Corrie MacLaggan, managing editor of the pioneering digital news site The Texas Tribune, will become the new statewide managing editor for the public radio stations of The Texas Newsroom.

City leaders, business owners, school districts, teachers and parents respond to Gov. Abbott's lifting of the statewide mask mandate and business capacity limits.

Children in Texas are facing higher rates of hunger and hardship during the pandemic than children in all but two other states.

Texas grocery store shelves have begun filling out again. But for the state’s agriculture industry, recovering from the winter storm will take time, and consumers are likely to feel it in their pockets.

The first hearings are set to take place Thursday.