A self-described lifelong Republican voter, Sheila Foster accuses the governor of playing politics over the murder of her son, Garrett, at a Black Lives Matter protest in 2020.
UT Southwestern researchers rigorously tested a traditional herbal medication, yielding surprising results—and inviting plentiful skepticism.
Eddie Velez's father went to prison for selling marijuana when Velez was a child. Now, Velez sells legal cannabis for hemp and CBD products.
With $2.5 million in federal grants, Amtrak and TxDOT will study adding passenger rail in Texas.
Having survived one big legal fight, the attorney general is eagerly picking new ones with Media Matters for America, Pfizer, the U.S. State Department, and a Texan with a nonviable pregnancy.
A weak slate of statewide Dems, a feeding frenzy among Republicans for open House seats, and some Abbott-versus-Paxton showdowns are all on the menu.
Glenn Beck went looking for proof that the Liberty County community is a cartel-controlled nightmare. He was surprised by what he found.
The Aggies’ unofficial mascot has a few things he may or may not like to say about his school’s many recent travails.
The dopes, villains, and terrible ideas that bedeviled our beloved state over the past twelve months.
This found* letter from Texas attorney general Ken Paxton to his wife, state senator Angela Paxton, provides a firsthand account of his impeachment skirmish along with stirring reflections on the nature of freedom and vengeance.
When Elon Musk moved here, Texans rejoiced that he would create lots of jobs. He also created chaos.
The lieutenant governor has made himself the state’s most commanding politician. But with great power has come great irresponsibility.
The representative who led the prosecution of Attorney General Ken Paxton brushed off death threats as he investigated corruption by fellow Republicans.
For every grifter or demagogue who stunk up the state last year, a thousand Texans strove for greatness.
All through the voucher fight, these 21 members of the Texas House of Representatives prioritized public schools.
A brief and highly selective look at what just happened, from a stray possum’s big game in Lubbock to a rookie quarterback’s big game in Houston.
An agency spokesperson claimed that the move had nothing to do with politics. Internal emails show otherwise.
When Jena Ehlinger’s son Jake died of fentanyl poisoning, she was driven to find some meaning in her pain.
The impeachment trial of Ken Paxton delivered a steady stream of tantalizing entertainment. But the most consequential moments played out when few were watching.
When a mare illegally crossed the border into Big Bend National Park in search of greener pastures, Facebook users rallied to bring her back to her owner in Mexico. Park officials think they’re missing the point.
One group that’s surprisingly bullish on Democrats’ chances to win a statewide race in the near future: Republican operatives.
Echoing a statewide trend, the team aims to prevent the tragedies that often result when armed police answer calls involving psychological emergencies.
Thanks to hundreds of DNA exonerations, experts now know false confessions are common. That wasn’t the case in the nineties in Texas.
For decades, my alma mater has maintained a permissive alcohol culture that discourages students from going off campus to drink. But seven hospital transports during a recent party are forcing administrators to rethink their approach.
Fort Worth cleric Michael Olson is no stranger to scandal. But when he threatened to remove a nun from her home, he might have finally met his match.
If Occidental Petroleum acquires CrownRock, the right-wing Midland oilman could become an even bigger power broker—in Texas and perhaps nationally.
The think tank, founded by a conservative billionaire who supports Greg Abbott, ranks Texas 39 places behind California.
Traditionally, the capitol building has housed a gigantic tree. This year's is much more meager.
The East Texas town has maintained a reliable bus route since 2016, providing a model for rural areas with limited transportation.
This week, the women-focused dating app joined dozens of other Texas companies that say ambiguity around life-saving medical care is bad for business.
Some seem tired of working in a place where so little gets done.
In their new book ‘Chokeholds,’ researchers argue Lee Harvey Oswald was just one piece of a sprawling conspiracy—one that other investigators claim never existed at all.
Long thought of as a presidential contender, the Texas governor has endorsed the former president—and supplicated for his favor.
A suspicious man brandished a shotgun in an Austin park—then in New York. The responses of the two police departments were markedly different.
Mathematical epidemiologist Lauren Ancel Meyers knows you're sick of thinking about infectious disease threats. But that's her job.
He lived out his last years in Mexico as a real estate agent, dreaming of returning home to Texas with his husband.
Money can buy anything, but it can’t make you look like any less of a dork.
After stranding millions of passengers over Christmas last year, the Dallas-based carrier has spent many millions on fixes—yet it may still have more work to do.
A 1991 mass shooting in Killeen inspired legislation that has made Texas America’s most gun-friendly state.
Plus, a cocktail that carnivores can get behind and a pig you’ll get way behind, if you know what’s good for you.
Black Texans make up only 9 percent of the technology workforce statewide. The 25,000 attendees of the nation’s largest Black tech conference hope to change that.
After Hamas’s surprise attack on Israel, a crowd gathered in the Alamo City for an evangelical event that quickly turned into a call to arms.
The first stop of Ken Paxton’s revenge tour was in a North Texas House district, where his preferred candidate, Brent Money, reached a runoff.
State leaders are bullish on new atom-splitting technologies, even as those same officials hobble wind and solar projects.
What do you get when you convert a gas-guzzling muscle machine into an EV? A ride that “hauls more ass.”
For a long time, Texas Republican chairman Matt Rinaldi couldn’t win elections. Now he wants to decide them—by exacting revenge on opponents within his party.
After Hurricane Katrina, Darresha George moved her family to Texas. When school officials suspended her son for refusing to cut his hair, it unleashed a storm that shows no signs of easing.
The wealthy trial lawyer just helped acquit Attorney General Ken Paxton. Now he wants to fix potholes and broken water lines.
For a few months this summer, autonomous vehicles roamed the streets of Austin. Self-driving trucks shuttle freight across the state. The autonomous future is here—but its arrival is fraught.
Residents of El Paso and Sunland Park, New Mexico, agree illegal immigration is a problem, but the Texas governor’s newest effort is little more than a PR stunt.