Texas Tech cautions broadcasting research restrictions to prospective students
Experts worry graduate students will learn too late about university’s ban on research work related to sexual orientation and gender identity.
Texas lawmakers repeatedly failed to pass flood protections. Some could have saved lives.
Dozens of bills were rejected over nearly 60 years, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found. Some measures would have prohibited youth camps and new construction in high-risk flood areas.
More green, less steel: Laredo proposes alternative border fencing for Rio Grande waterfront
Laredo is working with federal officials to minimize the disruptions a potential wall could pose.
Texas’ 33rd Congressional District Democratic runoff: Who is running and what to know
The primary between predecessor and successor arose from a combination of redistricting and Allred’s move to exit the U.S. Senate race to make way for Rep. Jasmine Crockett.
Texas’ 9th Congressional District GOP runoff: Who is running and what to know
Army veteran Alex Mealer and state Rep. Briscoe Cain are facing off for the Republican nomination in the newly drawn 9th District, anchored in east Harris County.
Voting Rights Act ruling could change representation on city councils, school boards across Texas
The 1965 federal law helped Latino and Black voters gain representation in city and school boards across Texas but now that could change.
The first 2026 TribFest speakers are here
Rahm Emanuel, Tate Reeves, Gina Hinojosa, Erin Harkey and more join us in downtown Austin in September
Ken Paxton narrowly leads John Cornyn in new poll of Texas’ Senate GOP runoff
The University of Houston survey results were within the margin of error less than a month out from the May 26 election. State Sen. Mayes Middleton had a wider lead in the attorney general primary.
Dan Patrick picks sides in Texas attorney general, Railroad Commission GOP runoffs
The lieutenant governor endorsed state Sen. Mayes Middleton over U.S. Rep. Chip Roy for the Republican attorney general nod. And he backed Railroad Commissioner Jim Wright over challenger Bo French.
Corpus Christi to begin talks on privately built desalinization plant
A new Houston company hopes to build a $1.3 billion facility in the area and wants the city, which is on the brink of a water crisis, to commit to 30 years of purchases.