Gov Abbott is rightly putting Texas water infrastructure in the forefront. While a voter-approved $1B Water Fund was a ...

Operation Lone Star has unleashed a windfall for private contractors cashing in on a four-year-long emergency shopping spree.

Afraid of facing stiff penalties, Texas doctors hesitate to perform abortions even to save the life or health of the mother.

Hegar, who currently serves as Texas comptroller, will replace A&M Chancellor John Sharp in leading the 157,000-student ...

Gov. Greg Abbott did not endorse a ban on THC, citing the need for more information on the potential effects of the ...

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If Senate Bill 21 is approved by the Texas House, and signed by Gov. Greg Abbott into law, Texas would become the first state ...

For years, Craig Considine, a senior lecturer at Houston's Rice University, has witnessed the long-term decline of people ...

The Texas Senate wants to focus on homeowners, while the Texas House proposal would provide relief to businesses too.

Governor Abbott named seven emergency items earlier this year and updating the state's energy grid, improving the state's water supply, and reducing property taxes were among them. Those three issues ...

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Four years ago, after all electricity sources struggled to keep Texans’ lights on during Winter Storm Uri, the state’s top ...