Texas Attorney General and Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ken Paxton unveiled a data center policy Monday as growing opposition to the industry becomes an issue in the 2026 midterm elections, proposing restrictions on Chinese technology, new criminal penalties and changes to tax incentives.
A nonprofit health program has helped thousands of Austin musicians maintain health insurance as rising Affordable Care Act premiums and the expiration of enhanced federal subsidies increase coverage costs in 2026.
Texas youth prisons were placed under lockdown procedures last week after a youth seriously assaulted a correctional officer at the Gainesville State Juvenile Correctional Facility and another assault occurred at a halfway house, Texas Juvenile Justice Department Executive Director Shandra Carter told agency board members Friday.
A Texas appeals court has reduced the damages Alex Jones owes two families who sued him over his false claims about the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, cutting the amount from about $50 million to $1.5 million.
A Texas appeals court on Friday reduced the damages Alex Jones owes two families who sued him over false claims about the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, cutting the total from nearly $50 million to $1.5 million.
Gov. Greg Abbott has asked the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate Muslim washing stations at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston and a similar facility that Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport recently decided not to install, arguing that the facilities amount to religious discrimination.
More than 100 people gathered Friday at Fourth and Colorado streets to unveil a new historical marker honoring the area’s LGBTQ+ history, one day before the city’s annual Pride parade.
The race for Texas’ U.S. Senate seat has shifted to a toss-up, with two major political handicapping groups changing their ratings this week as Republican Ken Paxton and Democratic state Rep. James Talarico compete for the seat.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said Wednesday he will push legislation that would lower Texas public schools’ annual performance ratings if they fail to remove books containing graphic sexual content from their libraries.
Gov. Greg Abbott has proposed legislation that would bar Texas public schools from sponsoring H-1B visas for foreign workers, seeking to eliminate H-1B employment in the state’s public school system.