The Latest Breaking News from Texas

The CQ Roll Call newsroom tracks campaigns nationwide, sharing the best stories, with some extras, in the At the Races newsletter.

In this issue: Sen. Rob Portman weighs in on the race to replace him and Texas Railroad Commission primary makes headlines

Jose Gomez III pleaded guilty to three counts of committing a hate crime and faces a maximum sentence of life in prison and a total of $750,000 in fines

Oil and gas operators in Texas and a dozen other U.S. states have flared, or burned off, at least 3.5 trillion cubic feet of natural gas over much of the last decade, according to an analysis of satellite data by the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism

Looking to get your baseball fix during the MLB lockout? Here’s a quick guide to the 2022 NCAA season.

The teen victim is believed to have been taken against her will. The suspect later tried to kill himself.

Police in Houston say a deputy constable working an off-duty security job at a shopping mall was fatally shot by a man who used the officer’s own gun

The case involves a Texas law that blocks nearly all abortions after six weeks of pregnancy using a legal maneuver that empowers citizens.

Former presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke has a book coming out in the middle of his run for Texas governor about voting rights

A conversation with Matthew Finkin on the relationship between tenure and academic freedom

LOS ANGELES — For too long, the Pac-12 has served as an almost-willing national punching bag. During the weekend, as passionate college football observers processed the news that the College Football Playoff would not expand before the 2026 season, it was only natural that the sport’s opinion shapers assigned the…