The moderate Republican’s votes on gun control and marriage equality upset the region’s most conservative voters, but local officials said they’re grateful for the work he did on public safety and health.

Aoudad sheep are joining the short list of animals Texas lawmakers allow to be shot from a helicopter, along with coyotes and feral hogs.

A yearslong dispute over exporting water to growing Texas cities offers a hint at the battles to come as the state’s population booms and water supply dwindles.

The rural Fort Stockton school district is paying big money for teachers and sweetening the deal with low-cost housing.

Three fugitives listed on Texas’s 10 Most Wanted offenders were captured in September, according to law enforcement officials.