Texas Tribune

The committees were made to honor slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk and come as university faculty have come under online scrutiny.

A former public school teacher, Talarico has emerged as one of Texas Democrats' strongest communicators. He joins Colin Allred and Terry Virts in the primary.

The executive order comes after the Legislature ended a special session without the House, Senate and governor agreeing on restrictions.

Letitia James, New York's attorney general, said Texas has no authority to "impose its cruel abortion ban here."

Professors' concerns included the state's DEI ban and new limits to faculty influence at colleges and universities.

Legislators couldn't reach a last-minute deal to tighten regulations on consumable hemp products.

Collin, Bastrop and Williamson counties say they're proactively changing their voting procedures and equipment following a federal attempt to limit barcodes or QR codes on paper ballots.

HB 256 would prevent camps from correcting violations on the spot to avoid state penalties and reduce the number of camps serving on a state panel to a maximum of two.

An enrollment drop could cost the Texas economy hundreds of millions of dollars, according to the reports.

Emails show how overwhelmed West Texas officials were as they asked CDC for guidance on how to respond to the explosive outbreak.