What to know as cryptocurrency scams rise in Texas

From investment fraud to sophisticated schemes involving hard-to-trace digital currency, Texans lost more than $1 billion to crypto scams in 2025.
Texas community colleges showing small signs of recovery after enrollment decline, report finds

Colleges are pivoting to offer students more job training and credentials as many skipped enrollment to go into the workforce, report finds.
Senate Leader John Thune and other national Republicans rallying for Paxton at fundraiser this month

A fundraiser for the GOP nominee for Senate will feature a number of major Senate Republicans who previously supported John Cornyn.
State lawmakers to explore banning foreign nationals from using Texas surrogates

Last month, the Texas Republican Party included in its platform a ban on foreigners using American surrogates, arguing the practice allows children born under these circumstances to obtain U.S. citizenship.
Gina Hinojosa proposes sending every Texas household $1,500 in her bid to oust Greg Abbott

Her plan would cost $17 billion which would come from the rainy day fund. She said Abbott is hoarding money in that account that belongs to Texans.
Texas Senate panel lays groundwork for renewed push to ban THC products

THC’s effects on issues ranging from homelessness to mental health were examined at Tuesday’s meeting with the Texas Senate Committee on Health and Human Services.
Ken Paxton vowed to crack down on “illegal voting.” He may have violated Texas election law.

The Texas attorney general appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years — despite his warning voters that “it is illegal to misrepresent your residence on election records.”
TribCast: What’s the mood among Texas Democrats ahead of November?

Inside the Texas Democrats’ convention in a hopeful year for the party.
ICE agent fatally shoots Houston man accused of trying to run over officer

The agency said the man was an undocumented immigrant from Mexico. His son said he’d lived here for 35 years and was attempting to obtain a work permit.
Death of former Afghan ally while in ICE custody ruled an accident

Records show Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal, who fought alongside U.S. forces in Afghanistan, died in a Dallas hospital a day after detainment due to an allergic reaction to an unknown substance.