Voting went well in the presidential election, but Trudy Hancock and her staff are still fielding questions. And the answers don’t seem to matter.

With Donald Trump returning to the White House, Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick have both recently signaled new openness to winding down the state’ border security operation.

The Cameron County judge also found the state relied on false testimony during her capital murder trial, according to court documents.

Texas’ strict abortion bans made it “ground zero” for Democrats hoping to rile up their base, but voters prioritized economic issues.

Wynn Rosser will be in charge of guiding the state’s postsecondary education policies. He currently leads a foundation focused on rural East Texas and previously worked at Texas A&M.

The governor’s directive extends a tuition freeze for Texas’ public universities that was approved in the last legislative session.

Although Texas counties are not required to provide ambulance services, many are digging deep to pay for their own fleet or to contract out services.

The amendment to a 1944 treaty will help Mexico catch up with its water deliveries to the U.S. and might help Rio Grande Valley farmers devastated by low rainfall.

Cruz beat his challenger by 9 points, while Trump prevailed over his by 14 points. Still, Cruz performed better this year than he did in 2018

School voucher supporters say they have the votes to get a bill across both the Texas Senate, led by Patrick, and the House, which has repeatedly blocked such proposals.

The barrage of ads focused on trans kids playing youth sports motivated the Republican base as Democrats struggled to respond.

After conservative criticism over the LGBTQ+ minor, university officials started looking at all its programs. Faculty say they were excluded from the process.

The two states agreed to a land swap to ensure that a Dallas-area water district’s pump station lies wholly within Texas. Neither state gained in size from the small change.

The university is exploring potential legal responses after two men came on campus the day after the election with misogynistic and homophobic signs.

From engaging with representatives to joining advocacy groups, there are numerous ways to continue participating in democracy and shaping policy after the polls close.

Texas is positioned better than any state to help Trump carry out his ambitious anti-immigration agenda. But it is also vulnerable to those policy’s impacts.

Republican judges won in 25 out of 26 contested races throughout the state in a show of the party’s broader strength up and down Tuesday’s ballot.

Last year, Abbott refused to give public schools a major raise without passing a voucher program. His tone was more conciliatory after Election Day.

Tom Maynard, Pam Little, Aaron Kinsey and Brandon Hall prevailed in contested races. The race for District 1 was still undetermined as of Wednesday morning.

Former state Rep. Matt Krause’s win may push the commissioners court even further away from the bipartisanship on which it once prided itself.

Recent gains made by Democrats in past elections were wiped out, as Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and other Republicans won by wide margins.

Three new faces will join the bench, but the political balance of power will remain the same on the Court of Criminal Appeals.

Both major parties poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into winning the seat, a rematch between Mayra Flores and Vicente Gonzalez.

Odessa City Council critics have worried Joven and his allies have focused too much on social issues and not enough on infrastructure.

A mostly quiet Election Day in Texas came after a series of pitched partisan battles over how elections should be conducted.

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The turnout rate dropped more than 8 percentage points compared to four years ago — a high-water mark for the Lone Star State.

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The Rio Grande City mayor and two of his fellow commissioners proposed the changes, claiming the city secretary mishandled their election.

The group of 111 doctors cited recent ProPublica reporting on two pregnant women who died because doctors did not provide lifesaving care.

Republican National Committee Co-Chair Lara Trump said Texas had fixed an error with voting machines, but Patrick quickly said there was no problem to fix.

The federal agency agreed their monitors would remain outside polling locations and wouldn’t interfere with voting.

Abandoned wells in the Permian Basin are increasingly erupting with briney, polluted water. The Texas Railroad Commission says it needs emergency money to respond.

Donald Trump has built close ties to many Texas Republicans, from judges to elected officials to policy experts.

Three fairgoers are requesting up to $1 million in damages and to allow guns at the State Fair.

Texans serving time for misdemeanor offenses or who are in jail awaiting trial are eligible to vote but only two counties offer voting in jail.

Texas builds more homes than other states but hundreds of thousands more are still needed, the report said, contributing to higher housing costs.

A Starr County property was purchased to build border wall, while Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham said the state has many options for a sprawling ranch in West Texas.

The county decided to not have an early voting site at a Laredo university because of historic low turnout. It will have one on Election Day.

With stops in Houston and the Rio Grande Valley, Allred hopes to make the race competitive by running up the tally with the core of the Democratic base.

The Texas Tribune examined the state’s housing affordability crisis and why the state has struggled to build enough homes to meet demand.

The lawsuit claims the endangered designation for six mussel species is a misuse of environmental law that threatens Texas’ economy.

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

A candidate running against the judge accused him of emailing his students at Texas State to vote for him. State law prohibits using public resources for political advertising.

School officials says the state decision to cut federal money likely will hurt their ability to recruit and retain critical staff for students with disabilities.

A new breed of activists wants Texas to tame costs by building more housing. But longstanding opposition to such policies remains strong.

Cruz alleged that national Democrats illegally exceeded contribution limits when it spent more than $10 million for television ads in Texas benefiting Allred campaign.

State data shows just two of Texas’ most populous counties have surpassed their voter turnout rate in 2020.

After the attorney general insisted on the death row inmate’s guilt in a graphic press release, four lawmakers issued a point-by-point rebuttal.

Hazel Eileen Diaz received nearly $40,000 in cash and money transfers for letting human smugglers use her rental properties.

The South Texas city has hired a consulting firm for $200,000 to provide an interim director for the utility amid a restructuring of the department.

The national licensing board announced it will consider folding the proposed skills test into an existing exam amid worries the additional hurdle would discourage applicants.

Medical marijuana providers say they must operate under strict rules while hemp products like delta-8 can proliferate.

Attorney General Ken Paxton accused the federal government of failing to provide citizenship data for registered voters, even as he acknowledged that the vast majority of the people on the rolls are lawful voters.

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It’s rare for governors to step in to halt executions. In the case of Robert Roberson, it ended up being state lawmakers who took extraordinary steps.

Revising the social studies curriculum could be among the divisive issues the Texas State Board of Education tackles next year.

In the first test of Senate Bill 14, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has accused Dr. May Lau of providing testosterone to at least 21 teens.

The American Academy of Pediatrics embraces the diagnosis, but courts have thrown out some cases, calling it “junk science.”

On Nov. 1, hospitals will begin asking patients their citizenship status. But data suggests uninsured citizens, not immigrants, cost Texas hospitals more.

Gov. Greg Abbott gave an inflated number of noncitizens removed from the state’s voter rolls, officials acknowledged, confirming findings by ProPublica, The Texas Tribune, and Votebeat.

Todd Smith’s plea comes days before he was set to go to trial, where Miller was subpoenaed to testify.

The state’s highest civil court said it wants a lower court to resolve a separation-of-powers issue raised by a group of Texas lawmakers who subpoenaed the death row inmate the night before he was set to be put to death.

Despite the group’s strong participation, Hispanic students graduate college at a lower rate than peers in the program, according to a report.

The Texas Education Agency found that checks mailed to Miles’ charter school network in Colorado were eventually deposited into the network’s Texas account.

Texas Windstorm Insurance Association officials argued they needed a 10% rate increase to help insure a growing number of policyholders.

Watch this documentary about the final run of the Canadian Record, a small-town, family-owned newspaper that closed last year.

U.S. District Judge Janis Jack, the state’s de facto foster care czar, has been overseeing the case since 2011.

Students can enter their class rank, grade point average, and standardized test scores to get a list of universities to which they’d be admitted.

Marcus Silva and the women agreed to drop lawsuits against each other just days before they were set to go to trial.

Todd Smith was indicted in 2022 on felony charges of theft and commercial bribery related to taking money in exchange for hemp licenses that are issued by Miller’s office.

Directors, producers and actors say better incentives in other states pull projects away from Texas, which is losing out on millions of dollars.

Lawmakers and child care centers are pushing for a statewide mental health system for toddlers.

The examination of Deloitte’s existing contracts comes after it failed to catch red flags in a company’s application for a loan to build or upgrade power plants in the state.

The average age of Texans last year was 37, while the Legislature’s average age was 55. Hurdles to voting and the unique challenges young candidates encounter fuel the mismatch.

The glitch kept the students from submitting the form on time, which put them last in line to receive aid this year.

The Democratic congressman is polling closer to Sen. Ted Cruz in his challenge this year, and independent race rankers are noticing.

The university will offer 18 "workforce-relevant" programs to prospective students beginning in the spring of 2025, according to a university release.

Texan voters will have significant influence in November, both within and outside the state. They will be electing a U.S. senator, 38 U.S. House members, 150 state House members, as well as various judges and local elected officials. Additionally, they will have influence over important questions.

A new state report says the prison population will outgrow capacity by the end of next year.

A 2019 state law requiring schools to offer full-day pre-K is capturing child care’s most profitable customer base: 3- and 4-year-olds.

A federal judge had ruled Senate Bill 1 unconstitutional, but an appeals court says the law can remain in effect as Texas appeals that previous decision

Residents say they can no longer access the park after the state seized it against the city’s wishes in January.

The city has appropriated $400,000 to help residents travel out of state for abortions. This is the second lawsuit targeting the fund.

Attorney General Ken Paxton has investigated at least five organizations this year that do immigration-related work.

Texas officials acknowledged some errors after they stripped Medicaid coverage from more than 2 million people, most of them children. A ProPublica and Texas Tribune review of records shows that these mistakes and others were preventable.

Placing LGBTQ+ foster children in more accepting homes would cost Texas too much money and resources, the lawsuit says.

Reporters from both organizations spent a day documenting the reality on the border. Here’s a summary of what they found.

Attorney General Ken Paxton had turned to the high court to overturn the ban after other lower courts declined to intercede.

The lawsuit claims federal regulators have undermined the Texas oil and gas industry by misusing environmental law, negatively impacting drilling and production.

Cruz’s thrice-weekly podcast, “Verdict,” has become an integral part of his day-to-day life as a senator — and a tool in his effort to win reelection this fall.

Dozens of districts sued Texas saying the ratings painted an unfair picture of their schools. Others voluntarily have released their own.

The card game company crowd-funded money to buy the land in an attempt to block a portion of Donald Trump’s border wall.

Two counties house training programs in local high schools as officials pitch corrections jobs as gateways to criminal justice careers.

Texas AG Ken Paxton says the fair's gun ban violates state law, which bars most government bodies from prohibiting weapons.

Texas hasn’t increased Medicaid rates for inpatient health care at private hospitals in 16 years, falling behind other states.

Even excluding deaths related to COVID, Texas’ maternal mortality rate spiked, reversing two years of improvement.

Mike Morath made the recommendation as concerns rise that phones are harmful to students’ mental health and distract them from learning.

In a resolution signed Friday, the party blasted two Republicans who voted against the measure and accused them of undermining its electoral chances.