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Texas environmental officials disabled an online filing system after watchdog groups raised concerns about the agency issuing permits related to data centers.

The emergency appeal seeks to resume work on the project, which opponents argue is a waste of money due to low illegal immigration in the area and could harm scenic landscapes.

Rigoberto Ramon Miranda-Orozco received a 30-year prison sentence in a San Antonio migrant smuggling case that left 53 people dead.

Disaster recovery experts say FEMA individual assistance funds are critical for residents to cover short-term costs.

As new neighborhoods are built in Texas, residents don’t always know they are living on top of old oilfields.

The authority to issue executive orders traditionally belongs to the chief executive, like the governor or a county judge.

“Substantial” compliance to federal court-ordered improvements should be enough to end 15-year-old lawsuit, state argues

A brief on the Cutoff stream, which a billionaire blocked access to, was issued by the state agency in the days leading up to oral arguments before the 12th Court of Appeals.

The mailers, sent by an organization formed last month in Wyoming, implicate a Texas transgender rights group that says it was not involved.

As early voting begins, the chief data analyst for NBC News turns his Big Board analysis on Texas to assess where things stand.

The Dallas Press Club, which organized the event, said it would host a podcast recording with Democrat Jon Rosenthal if his GOP opponent doesn’t show.

Public Citizen said the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality hadn’t stopped issuing data center permits as required.

Counties are reporting record-breaking early voting participation.

A new report warns that the state’s air quality progress could be reversed by the end of the decade, especially if facilities use natural gas power.

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Hundreds of thousands of potentially eligible Texas homeowners aren’t claiming a homestead exemption, which shaves off thousands of dollars from the taxable value of a home.

Homeowners aren’t claiming a homestead exemption because they do not know about it or find the process too complicated, experts say.

At a news conference, Gov.

ICE said Emiliano Andrade-Covarrubias obtained his legal status fraudulently because he failed to disclose a 2004 arrest for theft.

Sheets, in response, called Miller the most corrupt figure in Texas government and considers his criticism a “badge of honor.”

If a voter’s eligibility is uncertain, they can still cast what’s called a provisional ballot.

The promotion of cross-partisan support was notable for a governor who has embraced his right flank, but who is now facing his most competitive reelection bid yet.

Garcia, a former sheriff’s deputy, is running in one of the five districts Republicans redrew last year with the intention of flipping.

Defense lawyers asked a federal appeals court to void the conviction, arguing the cameras give police more power than the Constitution allows.

About $4.9 million of the haul came from donors who develop, own or operate data centers, a Tribune analysis found.

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More students ages 10 to 13 are ending up in the justice system after vaping, making threats and lashing out at school.

The candidates are miles apart on climate, but both are making affordability a central issue as Texans grapple with spiking prices.

Controversial remarks by the GOP candidate cast a national spotlight on the typically quiet race for a spot on the Texas Railroad Commission.

The number of Texans registered to vote jumped 2% from March even as the state struggles to process backlogged voter records.

Local election officials must now process thousands of voter address updates before early voting starts Monday.

From required IDs to navigating mail-in ballots, here's how voters can navigate early voting and Election Day.

The Texas attorney general’s use of a taxpayer-funded travel security detail stands out when compared with his predecessor and other state officials, our analysis found.

Middleton, a Republican, has long pushed for injecting Christianity into the public sphere.

A squad of Democratic lawmakers is pushing to limit the power of state-appointed officials who step in and take over struggling school districts, ousting locally elected trustees.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, who killed 13 people and injured 32 others, will take place at the military base on Dec. 3.

Cuellar and his wife, charged with bribery, money laundering and conspiracy, were pardoned in December.

The Democrat, off the trail with the flu, quickly accepted the president’s call to “immediately report to a Debate Stage” with Ken Paxton.

The state has limited how much money it gives to fast-growing school districts, creating million-dollar gaps between what is owed and what's given.

In a conversation that has been leaked in pieces to multiple publications, the GOP Senate nominee called for “reasonable cuts to mandatory spending,” which is driven by Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

Johnson is hoping enough moderates are tired of Paxton-era culture wars to cross party lines.

From groceries to childcare, Texans are spending more to live here.

Lawyers for Jamaal Howard are asking Gov.

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Thousands of STAAR reading results improved after humans rescored students’ written answers.

Texas Comptroller Don Huffines announced the reviews, which were requested by Gov.

A lawsuit will test whether Texas officials can withhold data center location details under the state Homeland Security Act.

Votebeat's Natalia Contreras joins TribCast to explain the state of Texas’ voter rolls one month before election day.

A big chunk of Rosenthal’s haul came after French’s racist social media comments following a UT-Austin football game went viral.

Abbott outspent Hinojosa 6-to-1 from July to late September, but the governor’s narrow polling lead was largely unchanged as he tapped a war chest that once topped $100 million.