Federal cuts threaten a Houston soccer club for at-risk youth. One state leader hopes to save it.

State and community leaders are working to keep the reVision soccer nonprofit alive after it was featured at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Last year’s Hill Country floods traumatized Texas first responders. Then the skies opened again.

“We were all thinking to ourselves, this is déjà vu. Is it really happening, and can I deal with it?” a Center Point Volunteer Fire Department chaplain said.
Community colleges beat student outcome predictions. Now Texas can’t afford related incentives.

A formula designed to reward colleges for student success generated larger payouts than budgeted. Now, Texas’ higher education agency may limit how schools receive such funding.
Texas lawmakers call for audit of state’s broadband grant funding

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dustin Burrows are questioning how the state distributes funding for internet services.
TribCast: The Hill Country floods again

A little more than a year after catastrophic floods devastated Central Texas, another deluge hit the area. How are residents and the state responding to this new tragedy?
Officials confirm three measles cases in Montgomery County

The residents are members of the same family. Public health officials say they were in close contact with an infected person who had traveled from out-of-state.
Texas foster care agency cancels troubled provider’s contract

The Department of Family and Protective Service’s action comes four months after it placed EMPOWER into receivership in the wake of the deaths of two children under its care and staffing problems.
Passengers in Houston ICE shooting say agents rammed their van before firing

The newly released, handwritten statements by two men who saw Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s shooting say he never threatened ICE agents.
Judge blocks feds from deporting witness to Houston ICE shooting

The order applies to one of the three passengers in the van Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was driving when he was fatally shot by ICE. Lawyers are seeking the men’s release from detention.
U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez takes steps to prevent renaming Boca Chica Beach

A SpaceX superfan proposed changing Boca Chica Beach’s name to reflect its significance to space travel.