Texas Attorney General Accuses Muslim Residential Project of ‘Fraudulent’ Conduct

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is intensifying his investigation into EPIC City, a controversial development project backed by the East Plano Islamic Center (EPIC). accusing its developers of securities violations and implicit Islamist...

Texas's ‘Black Artists Matter’ mural and rainbow crosswalks at risk

A rainbow crosswalk and a street mural declaring “Black Artists Matter” in Austin, Texas, are in danger of being removed after the state's governor Greg Abbott ordered the Texan transportation department to enforce a directive from President...

Government shutdown threatens Houston classrooms

Texas Rep. Charlene Ward Johnson (D-Houston) spoke to the media over the weekend during the Education Leadership Policy Convening in Atlanta, outlining plans to protect Houston students from the federal government shutdown. From school meals to...

Government Shutdown Day 14: Senate Rejects Republican-Backed Funding Bill For Eighth Time

Topline The Senate on Tuesday again rejected a Republican-backed stopgap funding bill to end the government shutdown, possibly extending the closure as further federal workforce cuts loom. The government shutdown stretched on into a thirteenth day...

Houston-based company makes LNG history in Alaska

(The Center Square) – Texas-based companies continue to lead the U.S. in oil and natural gas production – including in Alaska. A Houston-based company has helped make history by completing the first liquified natural gas (LNG) delivery from...

Texas flooding: Texas House, Senate launch special legislative investigation committees

A special legislative investigation is being launched into the deadly flooding that happened back in July. A joint committee will do a comprehensive review to understand what went wrong AUSTIN, Texas - A new joint committee has been launched to...

Texans could begin applying for school vouchers in February

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Texas families wanting to participate in the state’s upcoming school voucher program could apply as soon as February,...

Texas Border Agents Bust $1.3M in Meth and Black Tar Heroin

In one recent seizure, Texas border agents intercepted a shipment of methamphetamine and black tar heroin from entering the United States. The combined value of the massive bust exceeded $1.3 million. Heroin and Meth Seized Along Texas Border On...

Texas Roadhouse restaurants to hold fundraiser for Special Olympics

As Special Olympics New York races into fall sports, you can help out the cause - all while enjoying a good meal. Nineteen Texas Roadhouse restaurants across the state are teaming up with local police departments to raise money for the...

Texas man found not guilty in murder of Waco toddler recommitted to state mental hospital

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - A Gainesville man found not guilty by reason of insanity in the 2009 strangulation death of his nephew in Waco was recommitted to a state mental hospital Tuesday. Judge Thomas West of Waco’s 19th State District Court ordered...

Texans begin seeing delays at airports amid government shutdown

AUSTIN, Texas — Senators were back on Capitol Hill on Tuesday to vote on whether to reopen the government, as the shutdown enters its 14th day. Without federal funding, several issues have occurred at airports across the country, including in...

Texas National Guard sends 7 home from Illinois over physical fitness

The Texas National Guard sent seven members of its squad who had been deployed to Illinois back to the Lone Star state over their physical fitness. The guard said it was because "they did not meet the mission requirements," but the move followed...

Multiple Texas airports are refusing to play video from DHS’ Noem blaming Democrats for government shutdown

"Multiple Texas airports are refusing to play video from DHS’ Noem blaming Democrats for government shutdown" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about...

Judge halts Texas law banning certain types of speech on college campuses after dark

The University of Texas system, including UT-San Antonio, implemented the law before a judge intervened. Credit: Shutterstock / University of College AUSTIN — U.S. District Judge David Alan Azra on Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction blocking...

Trump says he could pull Boston's World Cup games, citing safety, Wu's politics

After threatening to pull 2026 World Cup games from cities he deems "unsafe" last month, President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would consider taking such action against Boston. “We could, we could take them away. I love the people of Boston, I...

Reports: Texas ranks first for trade commodities value, exports

(The Center Square) – Ports of entry in Texas accounted for $1.1 trillion in international trade last year, according to new data released by the Texas Comptroller’s Office. It’s an increase of nearly 68% since 2020. Texas’ 32 ports of entry and...

Maverick: A Texan whose name became independence

Samuel Augustus Maverick was one of the most complex and fascinating figures of early Texas history — a man whose name outlived his generation and became an enduring symbol for independence and defiance of convention. Born July 23, 1803, in...

Lawmaker wants state takeover of Houston ISD to end

Texas Representative Charlene Ward Johnson (D-Houston) criticized the Texas Education Agency’s decision to extend its takeover of Houston ISD until June 1, 2027. Speaking on Saturday at the Education Leadership Policy Convening in Atlanta, Rep....

‘I’m focused on the people, not the petty’: Mayor Jones hopes to unite council after months of skirmishes

San Antonio’s new mayor once climbed to the highest tier of military leadership through an Army program that trains “adaptive leaders” to solve “complex operational problems.” So far, it’s proving little match for city government. Gina Ortiz...

‘We’re still having a great show’: Wings Over Houston Airshow to go on despite government shutdown

HOUSTON – Although the federal government is shut down, organizers of the Wings Over Houston Airshow (WOHA) say the show will still go on at Ellington Airport next weekend, October 18–19. The shutdown is expected to affect military participation,...