Advocates and lawmakers warn the state healthy agency's decision to delay releasing the annual report will further harm women—and make it harder to enact necessary laws in 2027.

The region looks poised to return to its centrist-Democrat roots, as the president fails to bring down costs and the reality of mass deportations takes hold. But 2028 could be another test.

Although parts of the state law were ruled unconstitutional last year, key elements created barriers for Democrats and Republicans drawn to the controversial event.

Her appeal to put party loyalty above character and accountability ignores the price women will pay if Ken Paxton becomes a U.S. senator.

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Amid voter suppression and rampant ideological warfare, Tarrant County Democratic candidates try to capitalize on this surge of local anger.

Amid voter suppression and rampant ideological warfare, Tarrant County Democratic candidates try to capitalize on this surge of local anger.

With a candidate on the ballot in every state and federal race, the minority party is trying hard to gain some ground in the GOP’s electoral firewall.

An exhaustive accounting of the Austin podcast giant's thoughts (and lack thereof) on James Talarico, Ken Paxton, and the electoral contest between them

Rather than demonize immigrants as forever foreigners, the Texan thing has been to document their longstanding commitments to the state.

At the unusual midterm convention, Republicans pleaded with voters not to throw the baby out with the bathwater.

While many top Texas GOP leaders rushed to denounce the Railroad Commissioner nominee’s latest racist screed, an assortment of Lone Star conservatives have stood behind him.

The Texas Observer is hiring for an intern to help cover the 2027 Texas legislative session, running from January through early June. The Observer’s Legislative Internship program is for student journ...

Tano Tijerina, who prominently switched parties after Trump's 2024 inroads in South Texas, is trying to cash in on political connections while also casting himself as the insurgent outsider.

Tano Tijerina, who prominently switched parties after Trump's 2024 inroads in South Texas, is trying to cash in on political connections while also casting himself as the insurgent outsider.

As Corpus Christi reels from a severe water crisis, water policy debates rage on at the city level and in a top targeted fight for House District 34, currently held by a Republican.

While quality treatment options remain scarce—even in the hardest-hit lockups

This man here—and a plurality of voters if he can find them

"It's gotten that bad: People don't want to register their children to school. They don't want to do groceries. They don't even want to stop by the store for their morning coffee."

The attorney general's office once aggressively pursued fraudsters targeting immigrants. Not on Ken Paxton's watch.

An Abilene public school librarian has a message for the lieutenant governor and his book-banning crusade.

Texas' local governments are facing growing fiscal pain. What’s that mean for the 2026 elections—and the 2027 session?

The state agency said it could collect information from more than 400 large and medium-sized energy consumers.

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And one Texan says the body’s decision “retriggered” the pain of losing his wife, who counts among the preventable deaths that soon followed the state’s abortion bans.

And one Texan says the body’s decision “retriggered” the pain of losing his wife, who counts among the preventable deaths that soon followed the state’s abortion bans.

The lawsuit seeks an immediate injunction, arguing that CBP construction and surveying activities in Big Bend violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

The lawsuit seeks an immediate injunction, arguing that CBP construction and surveying activities in Big Bend violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

Texas would make large AI hyperscalers pay for the wires that connect them. Whether they must also pay directly for the broader grid work needed to serve them is still an open question.

And, critics of TEA takeovers say, those costs are just the beginning of expenses that come with state intervention but without state recompense.

Texas would make large AI hyperscalers pay for the wires that connect them. Whether they must also pay directly for the broader grid work needed to serve them is still an open question.

College administrators wrongly hope that anticipatory obedience will satisfy a GOP-run Texas Legislature that is increasingly hostile toward education.

Proposed projects are driven by sketchy numbers nobody has to prove: inflated demand, water use most companies never report, power plans that route around ordinary review. Either way, the public pays.

In his bid to win a Trumpy congressional seat, Bobby Pulido is blending his moderate message with charismatic campaigning.

The demise of a Brenham organization intended to help young victims of trafficking is a cautionary tale about the state's overreliance on religious groups to help foster kids.

In Texas’ key swing county, this Democratic commissioner is turning to voters to oust the arch-conservative Tim O’Hare.

In his bid to win a Trumpy congressional seat, Bobby Pulido is blending his moderate message with charismatic campaigning.

In Texas’ key swing county, this Democratic commissioner is turning to voters to oust the arch-conservative Tim O’Hare.

In Texas’ key swing county, this Democratic commissioner is turning to voters to oust the arch-conservative Tim O’Hare.

Students will learn that life circumstances are beyond their power to change. They will learn that their place in the economy and larger society should not be questioned.

A groundbreaking data analysis shows how districts across the state are arresting and citing children for common misbehavior, leaving lasting trauma as the Legislature rejects bills to raise the age o...

From the biggest cities to smaller towns, local officials wrote serious climate plans. One law at a time, state policy has narrowed the tools to carry them out.

A groundbreaking data analysis shows how districts across the state are arresting and citing children for common misbehavior, leaving lasting trauma as the Legislature rejects bills to raise the age o...

A groundbreaking data analysis shows how districts across the state are arresting and citing children for common misbehavior, leaving lasting trauma as the Legislature rejects bills to raise the age…