A law providing $8.5 billion in new funding for Texas public schools lacks the spending flexibility that previously let districts address their campuses’ needs as they saw fit.

Ingleside residents are resisting a “charm offensive” as Europe’s largest gas user plans a new facility in their small community across the bay from Corpus Christi.

A niche but growing industry specializes in helping students buy Texas homes to save tens of thousands of dollars in tuition at public universities.