Gov. Greg Abbott, in the middle of his third term with an eye on a fourth, is challenging the Texas Legislature with an ambitious 2025 to-do list beginning with enacting the school voucher program ...

Diversity, equity and inclusion are words that appeal to American values, but DEI programming departs from American tradition.

Texas official confronted over DEI hiring practices, leading to a wider debate on race and respect in state politics.

Texas lawmakers are banding across the aisle after Texas Rep. Brian Harrison's targeted questioning made an expert testifier ...

The exchange drew rapid backlash from GOP state leaders including Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker ...

A Republican legislator wants Texas' top prosecutor to investigate a planned Muslim-centric neighborhood in Dallas-Fort Worth ...

Several of Texas’ top Republicans are defending Gov. Greg Abbott’s pick to head the state’s water agency following pointed ...

Last Energy plans to plant 30 micronuclear facilities in Haskell County, as energy companies move to address the voracious power needs of data centers fueling the artificial intelligence boom. The ...

A usually mundane House Appropriations Committee hearing became tense as a Republican lawmaker probed members of the Texas ...

State Rep. Jeff Leach sent a letter to Texas Attorney General Kex Paxton Thursday, asking Paxton’s office to investigate EPIC ...

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An Austin infant is among the latest in the state to have contracted measles. Austin Mayor Kirk Watson confirmed the case Friday afternoon during a press conference, according to KXAN-TV, the NBC ...