Texas Democratic candidates pitch themselves as the best to beat Gov. Greg Abbott
Gina Hinojosa said Abbott is to blame for corruption in Texas and Andrew White spoke on abortion and immigration.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore doubles down on his state’s redistricting response to Texas
Speaking at the Texas Tribune Festival, the Democrat also emphasized he wasn’t running for president in 2028.
Mike Collier to challenge Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick again — as an independent
Patrick has twice defeated Collier, who was the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor in 2018 and 2022.
Fresh off defeating state THC ban, Texas hemp industry faces wipeout under federal deal to end shutdown
The issue roiled Texas politics earlier this year when Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed a ban on THC products spearheaded by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick.
How building a new hospital cost this rural Texas town a place to deliver babies
Olney Hamilton Hospital joins the nearly 60% of rural Texas hospitals that do not deliver babies, leaving large swaths of the state without a nearby place to give birth.
Watch: John Bolton speaks at the 2025 Texas Tribune Festival
The former U.S. National Security advisor and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations sits down with historian Garrett Graff at 11 a.m. Thursday.
U.S. House OKs funding deal to reopen government with support from Texas Republicans
The spending package includes a provision that will criminalize the sale of almost all consumable hemp products nationwide, restoring a similar ban to the one vetoed by Gov. Greg Abbott.
Former state Rep. Chris Paddie fined $105,500 for violating revolving door lobbying law
The Marshall Republican began lobbying less than two years after donating campaign funds to other state lawmakers, according to a Texas Ethics Commission order.
Texas lawmakers will hold first hearing Thursday to review college campus speech after Charlie Kirk killing
The legislative panels were created after Republican leaders criticized students mocking or celebrating Kirk’s death. They come amid a push to tighten rules around campus expression.
Tarrant County GOP Chair Bo French announces run for Texas Railroad Commission
French will face commission Chair Jim Wright in the Republican primary. The three-person panel is in charge of the agency that oversees Texas’ oil and gas industry.