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A newly-passed Texas law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms is facing a second ...

Some 579 nursing homes would be at “elevated risk” of closure if Medicaid cuts proposed in a 10-year budget reconciliation ...

On Tuesday, July 1, former Rep. Colin Allred (D-Texas) announced that he is seeking the Democratic nomination in Texas' 2026 ...

The Legislature will still have to appropriate the funds to pay the judgment, either during the upcoming special session or ...

Here’s what’s in Trump’s GOP megabill and how it will affect Texans” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, ...

Conservative Washington Post columnist George Will is warning that President Donald Trump could make the difference between ...

A Tennessee congressman believes it is "essential" to add President Trump to Mount Rushmore to commemorate his "recent ...

Democrats last carried Texas in a presidential election 49 years ago, last elected a U.S. senator there in 1986 and have lost all statewide elections since 1994. Texas Republicans could, however, ...

Senate Bill 2753 will change the voting timeline in Texas for the first time since 1987 and would add more days and more ...

Texas Republicans were divided but ultimately pivotal in helping President Donald Trump’s "Big Beautiful" Bill clear the U.S.

Solar energy now makes up almost 20 percent of the grid’s capacity and 40 percent of new gigawatts in line for ...