Five people were charged in connection with the scheme. Investigators say aspiring teachers would pay for help cheating in the certification test.

The county told a state district court judge that the applications were already mailed out and any ruling would be moot.

The move escalates Texas Republicans’ brewing fight with urban counties over initiatives to proactively send applications to unregistered voters.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is warning Bexar and Harris counties commissioners about their proposed plans to mail voter registration forms to those he calls “unverified recipients.”

The county plans to ID eligible voters and send them registration forms. GOP officials say it’s an end-run around state law.

An audit by the Texas Secretary of State’s Office found improved elections procedures, but the office is sending monitors because of past problems.

Republican gains among Latino voters in urban areas could spell big trouble for Democrats’ hopes of turning Texas blue.

A two-vehicle rollover crash caused two toddlers’ ejection from one of the vehicles earlier this week in East Houston.

Jaleen Anderson’s mom is on a quest for details about her son’s death in a Louisiana prison that houses hundreds of Harris County inmates awaiting trial.

One county employee was charged in the probe, however, after investigators said he failed to make sure polling locations had enough ballots.

Limits on who can be released without paying bail and difficulties hiring guards worsen the situation.

Ogg is no darling of the left. She lost her Democratic primary in a landslide election this year after a number of intraparty feuds.

Homeowners typically pay $2,300 a year for a Texas Windstorm Insurance Association policy. The rate increase would bump premiums by 10%.

A suspect has been charged with killing a Houston-area sheriff’s deputy and assaulting a pizzeria clerk.

Power companies and Texas officials say restoration efforts could take days. Experts say Texans without electricity are facing a dangerous situation.

Across the Gulf Coast, fences toppled, awnings ripped, business signs soared away and traffic lights twisted askew.

The $500 fine from the Texas Ethics Commission comes after the agency found the Harris County judge broke state campaign laws barring use of government resources for political purposes.

A newborn baby girl was found abandoned in a bayou with her umbilical cord still attached, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.

Guaranteed income programs let participants use funds however they see fit. Critics argue they're not a good use of taxpayer dollars.

Here are 5 takeaways from our town hall discussion about elder abuse

Political experts say court order for new election could spur more challenges to narrow wins.

The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency has toured the Houston area to assess the damage from last week’s deadly storms.

In Harris County, the flood control district wants to buy properties along the San Jacinto River that have flooded repeatedly. Some residents aren’t leaving.

As the Houston area works to clean up and restore power to hundreds of thousands after deadly storms left at least seven people dead, it will do so amid a smog warning and rising Texas heat.

Democratic Judge DaSean Jones beat out Tami Pierce by 449 votes in 2022, prompting one of several election challenges filed by unsuccessful Republican candidates. Many other election challenges were dismissed.

A handful of Texas jails have issued electronic tablets to inmates. Counties can make money off their use.

A 3-month-old Labrador puppy is getting a chance to start a new life after enduring physical abuse at the hands of a man who sold it for $20.

The Harris County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a missing 73-year-old man who they say poses a credible threat to his own health and safety.

Severe storms have battered parts of the Midwest, unleashing a curtain of heavy rain, gusty winds and tornadoes in the region.

Abbott confirmed three deaths from the storms, none were recorded from flooded areas.

Tornadoes touched down Monday evening in rural Oklahoma as large hail pelted parts of Kansas.

Forecasters expect storms to begin tapering off but some roads remain closed due to flooding.

Floodwaters in the Houston area and parts of Southeast Texas are starting to recede, allowing residents to begin returning to their homes and assess damages after days of heavy rainfall.

Floodwaters in the Houston area are starting to recede, allowing residents to begin returning to their homes and assess damages after days of heavy rainfall.

Cook will fill John Whitmire’s unexpired term — but will face Johnson again in a Democratic primary runoff for a full four-year term.

Since Sunday, multiple rounds of rainfall have soaked the region, causing rivers and creeks to swell and rise out of their banks.

Thousands of residents have either evacuated or are now under shelter orders.

Torrential rain is causing flooding in the Houston area.

Parts of Harris County, including The Woodlands, were under flood warnings Thursday.

Hidalgo’s staffers were indicted on felony charges related to how they allegedly helped award an $11 million contract to a political consulting firm headed by a Democratic strategist.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is challenging the program, saying it violates the Texas Constitution.

The program would give roughly 1,900 households payments of $500 for 18 months with no strings attached. Paxton called it “plainly unconstitutional.”

Justice John Devine’s comments at a conservative event are the latest to prompt concerns about his impartiality as a jurist.

Paxton, who will not have to enter a plea under the terms of the agreement, faced the prospect of decades in prison if he had been convicted of fraud.

Los datos públicos de una red de monitores de la calidad del aire alrededor del Canal de Navegación de Houston son difíciles de interpretar y a menudo son insuficientes, dejando a vecindarios de mayoría latina, como Cloverleaf, sin saber si el aire que respiran es seguro.

Public data from a network of state air monitors around the Houston Ship Channel is hard to interpret and is often inadequate, leaving Latino-majority neighborhoods like Cloverleaf unaware of whether the air they breathe is safe.

One man has died, and another was seriously injured after being shot at Port Aransas Beach. The shooting happened around 11:55 p.m. Monday near Marker 42 as officials were moving a large crowd of people.

Devine, a former anti-abortion activist, faces a heated primary challenge that has focused on questions about his ethics.

An AMBER Alert has been issued for a missing child who police believe is in “grave or immediate danger.”

Incumbent Kim Ogg is at odds with her party, and experts say infighting with challenger Sean Teare could aid Republicans.

An AMBER Alert has been issued for a missing child who police believe is in “grave or immediate danger.”

Some environmental experts are skeptical that Texas can meet the new rules on particulate matter, which can cause serious respiratory problems.

Texas police ripped apart the cab of a tractor trailer and pulled the truck’s driver out after pursuing him in a slow highway chase that shut down the road for hours.

The Harris County Constables Office Precinct 4 says a Silver Alert for a missing 84-year-old man has been discontinued.

If elected next year, Woodfill also plans to run for House speaker. His campaign accuses his 2024 opponent, conservative state Rep. Lacey Hull, of conspiring with incumbent Speaker Dade Phelan to work against conservatives.

The East Texas town is one of 218 local governments asking voters to approve new debt for repairs and upgrades to city infrastructure. Local leaders say inflation isn’t helping them keep up with capital needs.

The audit does not suggest the outcome of the election would have changed despite “multiple failures.”

The county’s top elected official will be discharged from a mental health facility this weekend and plans to return to work on Oct. 2 after two weeks of outpatient therapy.

Syphilis rates in Texas continue to climb, alarming healthcare workers who see the highest increases among pregnant people and newborns. A shortage of treatment is complicating efforts to combat it.

A trial is underway over a sweeping Texas voting law that set off a 38-day walkout by Democrats in 2021 and resulted in thousands of rejected mail ballots the following year.

The ruling means the November elections in the state’s largest county will be overseen by two other county officials. Legislators targeted Harris County’s elections department after taking issue with the way the 2022 elections were run.

Texas Republicans passed measures this year to eliminate Harris County’s top election job and give the Republican secretary of state power to take oversight of elections in Houston.

A manhunt came to an end overnight after a second suspect was arrested in the shooting of a Harris County deputy.

A reward of up to $20,000 is being offered for information leading to the arrest of the person or persons involved in the shooting of a Harris County sheriff’s deputy.

Authorities say a second suspect has been arrested following the shooting of a Harris County deputy sheriff and later shooting and wounding of three other law enforcement officers.

One of two men accused in the shooting of a 29-year-old Harris County deputy overnight was taken into custody on Thursday morning, authorities said.

A judge has called unconstitutional a new law passed by the GOP-led Texas Legislature that will dictate how elections are run in the state’s most populous county.

A judge has called a new law unconstitutional that passed in the GOP-led Texas Legislature that will dictate how elections are run in the state’s most populous county.

A man who died in a crash at the Interstate 10 and Loop 410 interchange on the East Side has been identified.

Following closing arguments in the first of multiple legal challenges to local election results in Harris County, Texas, a visiting judge said the decision on whether to overturn the outcome based on alleged irregularities is weeks away.

Hidalgo said she was diagnosed with the condition last month and aims to return to her post in September. More people across the country have been diagnosed with the condition since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Three men riding in a golf cart were killed in a crash with an SUV on Sunday morning in Harris County.

San Antonio police say a man was killed in a single-vehicle crash near I-10 and NE Loop 410 Friday night.

The impeached attorney general appeared in a Houston courtroom, where lawyers from both sides agreed to return in October to set an expected trial date on charges that have been pending since 2015.

A Republican judicial candidate who lost a district court election in Harris County, Texas, is the first of almost two dozen disappointed contestants to have their case reach a civil trial.

Preparing for a chemical incident means knowing which industrial facilities are near you, creating a disaster supply kit and signing up for alerts from local emergency managers ahead of time.

A Houston-area family is heartbroken after two children drowned while swimming in the San Jacinto River, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.

Overlooked in the churn of one of the country’s busiest courthouses, the forgotten appeals included two death penalty cases, and one from a man who’s already finished his 20-year sentence.

Several of Texas’ largest cities sought to put in place mask requirements, which Gov. Greg Abbott overturned. The ruling is a legal win for Republicans in Austin their ongoing symbolic fight with cities, often run by Democrats.

An employee was held at gunpoint during a robbery on the city's East Side Saturday afternoon, according to San Antonio police.

Lawmakers in several Republican-led states have been looking to exert more authority over state and local election offices.

A barista was injured after an SUV crashed into a Starbucks in the Houston area over the weekend.

A Texas mother was arrested after authorities said she dangled her four-month-old child out of a third-story apartment window on Friday.

A man accused of killing his grandparents in the Houston area overnight was taken into custody following a shootout with Harris County deputies.

An 18-year-old is recovering after he was shot multiple times after a driver tried to cut him off on Highway 90, according to San Antonio police.

A North Texas school district suspended a superintendent accused of planning on traveling to meet an underage girl for sex.

A superintendent at a North Texas school district was arrested after he planned to travel to Houston to meet a 15-year-old girl for sex, according to authorities in Harris County.

A man was found dead after he crashed an ATV into a lake at an off-road park near Houston on Monday, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.

A passenger was seriously injured after a drunk driver rolled their car in a crash on Loop 1604 overnight Sunday, according to San Antonio police.

The Texas Legislature has approved abolishing a position Democrats in the state's largest county created to oversee more than 2 million voters around Houston.

Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputies are investigating a shooting that occurred Tuesday in northeast Houston.

Currently, more than 80% of Texas voters can vote anywhere in their home county, a model that originated in Lubbock County. If lawmakers approve new legislation, that would change.

Three people were hospitalized in a crash on the city’s West Side involving a drunk driver, according to San Antonio police.

In the months leading up to their committee hearing, Woori Juntos community members trained on how to share their personal stories with legislators — in their own language.

One man is dead, and another was hospitalized after being stabbed during a fight on the city’s West Side Saturday night, according to San Antonio police.

The Texas Tribune analyzed previously unreported air monitoring data and records from the 2019 ITC chemical disaster near Houston and found that high benzene levels lingered in the air for two weeks after public health measures were lifted. Experts say more shelter-in-place advisories should have been issued.

Regulators repeatedly documented — but did little to address — problems at a Houston-area tank farm. Then on March 17, 2019, a fire blew through a corner of the facility, releasing toxic chemicals into nearby communities for weeks.

A person was killed after a tire fell off an 18-wheeler traveling on Interstate 10 in Houston and struck a car, according to authorities.

Facing a crowded field, Hollins, who served briefly as Harris County clerk in 2020, announced Thursday he will instead run to be Houston’s chief financial officer.

Authorities in Houston are investigating an apparent murder-suicide after a mother and her 15-year-old daughter were found dead at their home.