Three fairgoers are requesting up to $1 million in damages and to allow guns at the State Fair.

Texans serving time for misdemeanor offenses or who are in jail awaiting trial are eligible to vote but only two counties offer voting in jail.

Texas builds more homes than other states but hundreds of thousands more are still needed, the report said, contributing to higher housing costs.

A Starr County property was purchased to build border wall, while Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham said the state has many options for a sprawling ranch in West Texas.

These are the first cases under a law prohibiting doctors from providing puberty blockers or hormone therapy to help minors transition.

The county decided to not have an early voting site at a Laredo university because of historic low turnout. It will have one on Election Day.

With stops in Houston and the Rio Grande Valley, Allred hopes to make the race competitive by running up the tally with the core of the Democratic base.

The Texas Tribune examined the state’s housing affordability crisis and why the state has struggled to build enough homes to meet demand.

The lawsuit claims the endangered designation for six mussel species is a misuse of environmental law that threatens Texas’ economy.

Five people were charged in connection with the scheme. Investigators say aspiring teachers would pay for help cheating in the certification test.

A candidate running against the judge accused him of emailing his students at Texas State to vote for him. State law prohibits using public resources for political advertising.

School officials says the state decision to cut federal money likely will hurt their ability to recruit and retain critical staff for students with disabilities.

A new breed of activists wants Texas to tame costs by building more housing. But longstanding opposition to such policies remains strong.

Cruz alleged that national Democrats illegally exceeded contribution limits when it spent more than $10 million for television ads in Texas benefiting Allred campaign.

State data shows just two of Texas’ most populous counties have surpassed their voter turnout rate in 2020.

After the attorney general insisted on the death row inmate’s guilt in a graphic press release, four lawmakers issued a point-by-point rebuttal.

Hazel Eileen Diaz received nearly $40,000 in cash and money transfers for letting human smugglers use her rental properties.

The South Texas city has hired a consulting firm for $200,000 to provide an interim director for the utility amid a restructuring of the department.

The national licensing board announced it will consider folding the proposed skills test into an existing exam amid worries the additional hurdle would discourage applicants.

Medical marijuana providers say they must operate under strict rules while hemp products like delta-8 can proliferate.

Attorney General Ken Paxton accused the federal government of failing to provide citizenship data for registered voters, even as he acknowledged that the vast majority of the people on the rolls are lawful voters.

From our premium politics newsletter, The Blast: A new ad from Rep. Caroline Harris Davila raises eyebrows in what increasingly appears to be a competitive race.

In-person early voting in Texas runs from Oct. 21 to Nov. 1. Our guide outlines your voting rights, where to vote, and the necessary steps for early voting.

It’s rare for governors to step in to halt executions. In the case of Robert Roberson, it ended up being state lawmakers who took extraordinary steps.

Revising the social studies curriculum could be among the divisive issues the Texas State Board of Education tackles next year.

In the first test of Senate Bill 14, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has accused Dr. May Lau of providing testosterone to at least 21 teens.

The American Academy of Pediatrics embraces the diagnosis, but courts have thrown out some cases, calling it “junk science.”

On Nov. 1, hospitals will begin asking patients their citizenship status. But data suggests uninsured citizens, not immigrants, cost Texas hospitals more.

Gov. Greg Abbott gave an inflated number of noncitizens removed from the state’s voter rolls, officials acknowledged, confirming findings by ProPublica, The Texas Tribune, and Votebeat.

Todd Smith’s plea comes days before he was set to go to trial, where Miller was subpoenaed to testify.

The state’s highest civil court said it wants a lower court to resolve a separation-of-powers issue raised by a group of Texas lawmakers who subpoenaed the death row inmate the night before he was set to be put to death.

Despite the group’s strong participation, Hispanic students graduate college at a lower rate than peers in the program, according to a report.

The Texas Education Agency found that checks mailed to Miles’ charter school network in Colorado were eventually deposited into the network’s Texas account.

Texas Windstorm Insurance Association officials argued they needed a 10% rate increase to help insure a growing number of policyholders.

Watch this documentary about the final run of the Canadian Record, a small-town, family-owned newspaper that closed last year.

U.S. District Judge Janis Jack, the state’s de facto foster care czar, has been overseeing the case since 2011.

Students can enter their class rank, grade point average, and standardized test scores to get a list of universities to which they’d be admitted.

Marcus Silva and the women agreed to drop lawsuits against each other just days before they were set to go to trial.

Todd Smith was indicted in 2022 on felony charges of theft and commercial bribery related to taking money in exchange for hemp licenses that are issued by Miller’s office.

Directors, producers and actors say better incentives in other states pull projects away from Texas, which is losing out on millions of dollars.

Lawmakers and child care centers are pushing for a statewide mental health system for toddlers.

The examination of Deloitte’s existing contracts comes after it failed to catch red flags in a company’s application for a loan to build or upgrade power plants in the state.

The average age of Texans last year was 37, while the Legislature’s average age was 55. Hurdles to voting and the unique challenges young candidates encounter fuel the mismatch.

The glitch kept the students from submitting the form on time, which put them last in line to receive aid this year.

The Democratic congressman is polling closer to Sen. Ted Cruz in his challenge this year, and independent race rankers are noticing.

Texan voters will have significant influence in November, both within and outside the state. They will be electing a U.S. senator, 38 U.S. House members, 150 state House members, as well as various judges and local elected officials. Additionally, they will have influence over important questions.

A new state report says the prison population will outgrow capacity by the end of next year.

A 2019 state law requiring schools to offer full-day pre-K is capturing child care’s most profitable customer base: 3- and 4-year-olds.

A federal judge had ruled Senate Bill 1 unconstitutional, but an appeals court says the law can remain in effect as Texas appeals that previous decision

Residents say they can no longer access the park after the state seized it against the city’s wishes in January.

The city has appropriated $400,000 to help residents travel out of state for abortions. This is the second lawsuit targeting the fund.

Attorney General Ken Paxton has investigated at least five organizations this year that do immigration-related work.

Texas officials acknowledged some errors after they stripped Medicaid coverage from more than 2 million people, most of them children. A ProPublica and Texas Tribune review of records shows that these mistakes and others were preventable.

Placing LGBTQ+ foster children in more accepting homes would cost Texas too much money and resources, the lawsuit says.

Reporters from both organizations spent a day documenting the reality on the border. Here’s a summary of what they found.

Attorney General Ken Paxton had turned to the high court to overturn the ban after other lower courts declined to intercede.

The U.S. News Best Colleges list, an annual ranking published by U.S. News & World Report, is often regarded as the most accredited ranking of higher-level educational institutions in the United States.

The lawsuit claims federal regulators have undermined the Texas oil and gas industry by misusing environmental law, negatively impacting drilling and production.

Dozens of districts sued Texas saying the ratings painted an unfair picture of their schools. Others voluntarily have released their own.

Cruz’s thrice-weekly podcast, “Verdict,” has become an integral part of his day-to-day life as a senator — and a tool in his effort to win reelection this fall.

The card game company crowd-funded money to buy the land in an attempt to block a portion of Donald Trump’s border wall.

The Oct. 15 debate will mark the first time the nominees will face each other onstage before the November election.

Two counties house training programs in local high schools as officials pitch corrections jobs as gateways to criminal justice careers.

Texas AG Ken Paxton says the fair's gun ban violates state law, which bars most government bodies from prohibiting weapons.

Texas hasn’t increased Medicaid rates for inpatient health care at private hospitals in 16 years, falling behind other states.

Even excluding deaths related to COVID, Texas’ maternal mortality rate spiked, reversing two years of improvement.

Mike Morath made the recommendation as concerns rise that phones are harmful to students’ mental health and distract them from learning.

In a resolution signed Friday, the party blasted two Republicans who voted against the measure and accused them of undermining its electoral chances.

The superintendents said they haven’t received enough support from the state or time to fix errors the system generated.

The current threshold is 6%. The change comes after the university received a record-breaking 73,000 undergraduate applications for this fall.

Abbott signed a proclamation declaring Tren de Aragua a foreign terrorist organization and directed Texas DPS to create strike teams targeting the gang.

Lawmakers tasked the Public Utility Commission with overseeing the Texas Energy Fund, though the agency has no experience running a loan program.

After Attorney General Ken Paxton’s failed impeachment trial, his allies touted Smithee, one of the House’s most senior members, as a speaker candidate.

Paxton sued Dallas and state fair officials last month, arguing the fair’s private organizer had violated state law by banning firearms on the fairgrounds.

County Judge Tim O’Hare said he proposed the cuts to save costs. Critics accused Republican leaders of suppressing the vote of young people who back Democrats.

The review of CBP agents’ response to the 2022 Robb Elementary School shooting found that active shooting training was insufficient.

Other states look to Texas as the state psychology board pushes against the new national licensing requirements.

About 25% of Texas’ correctional officer positions are unfilled. Inmates say the shortages make it harder for them to get respite during hot summer months.

The Texas Tribune is writing about the state’s housing affordability crisis. Help us tell the story.

A Texas Juvenile Justice Department report says Dallas County officers kept kids in their sleeping quarters for days at a time and faked school attendance logs.

Texas isn’t expected to take a direct hit when the storm makes landfall as a hurricane. But storm surge and dangerous winds are possible.

The new list includes many right-wing priorities, and would escalate Republicans’ wars against diversity, equity and inclusion programs and review laws to keep noncitizens off voter rolls.

While environmentalists say the new rules don’t do enough to protect groundwater, oil and gas operators are contesting stricter requirements for waste pits near wells.

Politicians broke news and took tough questions during the three-day festival.

Allred has run a more traditional campaign in his bid to unseat U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, focusing on targeted ads and moderate policy.

The U.S. Homeland Security Secretary specifically called out the state’s policy of busing migrants to cities in other parts of the country.

Pete Arredondo’s lawyers tell the court that the shooter, not the police, was to blame for the school violence.

Reps. Tom Oliverson and Shelby Slawson, both members of House Republican leadership, became the first two candidates to challenge Phelan’s speakership.

Liz Cheney endorsed Allred at The Texas Tribune Festival Friday.

The Texas attorney general filed a similar lawsuit earlier this week against Bexar County, which includes San Antonio.

After identifying flaws in the state’s air monitoring, the Tribune hosted workshops to inform Houston Ship Channel communities.

Gonzales, who represents a Texas border district, tells a Tribune Festival audience that his own party will be to blame for defeats in the November election.

Speaking at The Texas Tribune Festival, the Michigan governor discussed her new book and the challenges she has faced.

Perry was the longest-serving governor in Texas history.

A state Medicaid program pays caregivers of intellectually and developmentally disabled individuals living in community-based homes. Families, advocates and providers want lawmakers to increase that hourly pay.

The U.S. Homeland Security secretary will be interviewed by Laura Barrón-López of PBS NewsHour. The conversation starts at 5:15 p.m. Friday.

Texas Republicans have been trying to reduce the state’s high property taxes for years, but some acknowledge eliminating them would be too expensive.

The U.S. House speaker emerita spoke Saturday for a recording of the “On With Kara Swisher” podcast.

MSNBC host Katie Phang will moderate a conversation with three leading progressives: U.S. Rep. Greg Casar, U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison. The conversation starts at 1:15 p.m. Saturday.

In a conversation starting at 11 a.m. Saturday, four of the digital news organization’s sharpest minds will discuss the politics of 2024 and beyond.