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The very qualities that draw people to the beautiful Texas Hill Country — rolling terrain, limestone formations and lazy rivers — also make the area deadly during heavy rainstorms.

The Legislature passed laws allowing smaller homes on smaller lots and making it harder for neighbors to block new housing.

New research reveals a massive planned expansion of gas-fired electrical generation to power artificial intelligence and other heavy industries.

An hour after the march's start Monday, protesters who neared a downtown federal building dispersed after law enforcement fired tear gas canisters at them.

Immigration has made up an increasing portion of the state's new residents in recent years.

Many trans Texans have changed the sex listed on their birth certificate, driver's licenses and other documents. They say their identities will be invalidated under bill headed to governor's desk.

The bill would allow a vaccine exemption form to be downloadable. Currently, a form must be requested from the state and mailed to the recipient.

At least nine state employees have been fired after they were accused of compromising information on thousands of Texas Health and Human Services Commission users.

Two infants have died from whooping cough in Louisiana in the past six months as Texas reports a significant surge in the vaccine-preventable illness. Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a highly contagious, potentially fatal respiratory disease. Infants who are too young to be vaccinated and immunocompromised people are most susceptible.

State Sen. Charles Perry is championing a statewide water grid similar to one proposed almost 70 years ago.