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The shooting took place at the Cielo Vista Mall, which is next to the Walmart where a white supremacist shot and killed 23 people in August 2019. → Read More
The increase comes about two weeks before the anticipated end to a restrictive border policy that’s been in place since 2020. → Read More
Texans head to the polls today to elect the state's governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general — and more — for the next four years. Several local and regional races are also on the ballot, including a handful of competitive seats for U.S. Congress. → Read More
The number of monkeypox cases in Texas has surpassed 1,000 — an increase of more than 50% since last week. The state’s count also includes Texas’ first presumptive pediatric case in Harris County. → Read More
New cases of COVID-19 in Texas are increasing again. But predicting how long this wave of infections will continue — and how severe it could be — will not be easy this time around. → Read More
Following the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade, Texas is now poised to eliminate abortion access in the state by enacting a so-called trigger law that will go into effect in 30 days after a judgment is issued. → Read More
Following the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade, Texas is now poised to eliminate abortion access in the state by enacting a so-called trigger law that will go into effect in 30 days after a judgment is issued. → Read More
The state’s high court allowed the investigations to continue but said the Texas Department of Family Protective Services is not bound by Gov. Abbott and Attorney General Paxton’s orders. → Read More
The lawsuit is the 11th Ken Paxton has filed over Biden’s proposed immigration or border policies. But the White House’s plans have also raised concerns from legal and immigrant rights groups. → Read More
The Trump-era policy has been used to expel asylum-seeking migrants since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. While some lawmakers hail its possible end, others have asked the Biden administration to hold off on ending the policy. → Read More
Attorneys fighting against a directive to investigate gender-affirming medical care as child abuse have asked a state appeals court to stop the practice as the case winds through the judicial process. → Read More
Tuesday is the day Texans will decide who will be their party’s nominee in the November 2022 general election. At the top of the ticket are races for Texas governor and attorney general. → Read More
In the state's largest counties, voter turnout was below 5% during the first seven days of early voting. Election officials said some Texans could still be making up their minds before Election Day on March 1. → Read More
In the days ahead, forecasters anticipate wide swaths of the state could experience their coldest temperatures of the season, with lows dipping to — or below — freezing. → Read More
As apprehensions of migrants soar again at the border, Texas Republicans blame Biden's immigration moves, while Democrats question what they call the GOP's newfound concern for migrants' well-being. → Read More
Apprehensions of migrants have increased substantially at the U.S.-Mexico border since October. → Read More
More than 70,000 asylum seekers were placed into the Trump-era policy that forced asylum seekers to wait in Mexico for a U.S. hearing. About 25,000 are still enrolled. → Read More
Lawmakers grilled public regulators and energy grid officials about how power outages happened and why Texans weren't given more warnings about the danger. → Read More
Texans running low on food are finding empty grocery store shelves. Food pantries are running out of supplies. And the freeze has wiped out substantial portions of the state's citrus and vegetable crops. → Read More
The Department of Homeland Security is telling asylum seekers who were forced to wait in Mexico while their cases are pending to stay where they are for now as the Biden administration begins to unwind the Trump policy. → Read More