After the swing county’s top executive became mired in scandal, Republicans—with some unwitting help from a Democratic activist—installed one of their own.

A spoiled heir to an auto-dealership empire responded to a blackmail attempt by ordering two murders. Four years and a jury trial later, what motivated his ruinous decision remains a mystery.

Forrest Welborn spent three decades as a suspect in Austin’s infamous yogurt shop murders. It all but destroyed his life. This year, he was finally exonerated. So why doesn’t he feel free?

(RNS) — A group of Reformed pastors and influencers has wedded old-school segregationist theology with the hypermasculinity of the manosphere and the savvy of the attention economy to preach and sell ...

Darryl Birkenfeld is preaching about miracle basins as an answer to the sputtering Ogallala Aquifer.

The Democrat from Austin talks to Texas Monthly about his bill to prevent the development of superintelligence, which experts warn poses existential risks to humanity.

Greg Abbott and Ken Paxton transformed the role. What comes next?

Republicans have pounced on an old statement as they seek to make gender politics the focus of the Senate campaign.

Does Ken Paxton dress as terribly as the president says? A Texas Monthly investigation.

The Democratic candidate for Texas governor highlights her reproductive choice—without noting that choice no longer exists in the state.

Seventy years ago, San Ygnacio stopped the government from seizing its land along the border. Locals are hoping history repeats itself.

Seventy years ago, San Ygnacio stopped the government from seizing its land along the border. Locals are hoping history repeats itself.

The Colorado River crisis has been in the headlines this year, but our diminishing border river is in an even more severe state of collapse. This is the story of a water crisis without precedent in Am...

Outraged Tarrant County voters showed up at Tuesday’s county commissioners meeting in force, more than filling two overflow rooms and holding signs with a clear message about the Republican local offi...

Amid a flurry of fast-changing news and misinformation, it can be hard to keep track of the border-security plans in the Big Bend region. We’ve got you covered.

Fourteen years ago, Paxton was caught on camera taking attorney Joe Joplin's Montblanc from a security tray. The incident has become the stuff of Texas politics lore.

Will the Senate candidates ever face off on a debate stage? Unclear. But here are a few questions we think they should answer.

Our state once wanted residents to know what politicians were saying and doing behind closed doors. Now leaders are redacting most everything.

David Carpenter has spent the past year helping Kerr County recover from flooding, crafting handmade furniture from felled trees along the Guadalupe River. This summer, disaster struck again.

The former head football coach was called to testify on Thursday—and made some surprising assertions.

Here’s what top elected officials have said—or not said—about construction in Big Bend National Park and the surrounding region.

Police charged Fort Worth resident E. J. Carrion with disrupting a meeting, a Class B misdemeanor, after his public comments. He says that won’t stop his activism.

Police charged Fort Worth resident E. J. Carrion with disrupting a meeting, a Class B misdemeanor, after his public comments. He says that won’t stop his activism.

The Democratic nominee for Senate has decried such political engagement from pastors, saying that the church-state boundary is “sacred.”

It is considered sacred ground for the descendants of those killed in a mass execution. The border wall threatens to erase it from history.

Tim Dunn, once among Paxton’s biggest donors, seemed to pull back from financially supporting the candidate in 2025. A recent campaign-finance report shows he’s finally getting involved in the Senate ...

City council members unanimously approved the expansion of a nearly thirty-year-old mosque—over the objections of angry residents riled up by right-wing messaging.

Meet Nate Schatzline, the Christian nationalist and former state representative who is helping Greg Abbott manage “election integrity.”

After calling his opponent a vegan freak for months, Paxton is finally pivoting to issues voters care about.

Meet Nate Schatzline, the Christian nationalist and former state representative who is helping Greg Abbott manage “election integrity.”

No, Rob Schneider doesn’t live here. But he has a lot to say about our state’s supposed fall to Islamic forces.

Months before the governor’s proclamation, a senior fellow at the Center for Security Policy emailed DPS a report that levies similar evidence against the Muslim civil rights group.

Bo French was once criticized by members of his party for his offensive posts. Now that he’s the nominee for the Railroad Commission, they’re silent.

Bo French was once criticized by members of his party for his offensive posts. Now that he’s the nominee for the Railroad Commission, they’re silent.