Construction begins on Big Bend border wall in Texas
Construction has started on part of the Trump administration’s planned 175-mile border wall through the Big Bend region, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Construction has started on part of the Trump administration’s planned 175-mile border wall through the Big Bend region, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Harris County commissioners approved a $3.1 billion budget Thursday and finalized a 7.6% increase in the county’s property tax rate for the 2027 fiscal year.
Nearly 37 years after investigators found a newborn boy dead in a laundry bin at a Texas Air Force base, DNA technology has helped identify his mother, who later admitted to giving birth and concealing the infant’s death.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has created a leadership team to develop the state’s proposal to host the permanent United States Space Academy, with state Rep. Greg Bonnen, R-Friendswood, leading the effort.
The Lamar Consolidated Independent School District board voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a tax break for Tesla’s proposed $10 billion solar power manufacturing facility in Fort Bend County.
Houston City Council removed an application for a U.S. Department of Justice Model Cities Initiative grant from its Wednesday agenda as city officials seek clarification about requirements that include immigration law enforcement operations.
Austin Independent School District officials will not help parents gather signatures to petition for the closure of Burnet and Webb middle schools, which received five consecutive failing ratings from the Texas Education Agency.
Six Texas landowners and the nonprofit Conserve Big Bend, representing another 230 landowners, sued the Trump administration Monday over plans to seize private property for border wall construction in the Big Bend region.
Texas Children’s Hospital ranked No. 1 among pediatric hospitals in the Southwest and earned a place on the 2026-2027 U.S. News & World Report Best Children’s Hospitals Honor Roll.
Republican candidate for Texas railroad commissioner Bo French faces criticism from officials in both parties after he posted a photo of students of color at a University of Texas football game and described them as evidence of Americans being “displaced by foreigners.”