Sign up for The Brief, the Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up-to-date with the most important news from Texas. Lt. gov. Dan Patrick said Tuesday he was “absolutely” running for re-election in 2026, a reversal of previous comments he made that this would be his last term. “I really love what I do,” … Read more
Sign up for The Brief, the Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up-to-date with the most important news from Texas. The Texas Supreme Court on Friday cleared the way for the state to potentially take control of the Houston Independent School District, which state education officials said has been plagued by mismanagement and low … Read more
Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter keeping readers up-to-date with the most important news from Texas. WASHINGTON — The US House of Representatives committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol released a wealth of interview transcripts from its investigation on Wednesday, including testimony from four Texas conservative figures. The … Read more
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Texas border towns braced for a surge of up to 5,000 new migrants a day across the U.S.-Mexico border on Sunday as pandemic-era immigration restrictions expire this week, setting plans for the provision of emergency shelter in gear , food and other essentials. El Paso County Judge Ricardo Samaniego told … Read more
HOUSTON (AP) — Fourteen years after Hurricane Ike destroyed thousands of homes and businesses near Galveston, Texas — but mostly spared the region’s oil refineries and chemical plants — the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday voted to approve the costliest project , ever used by the US Army Corps of Engineers to protect against … Read more