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Two Democrats are competing to serve out the rest of Sylvester Turner’s term. The winner will have a two-week incumbency advantage before early voting begins in the March primary.

Texas’ next top lawyer will inherit an office that has become the tip of the spear of the conservative legal movement. To help primary voters differentiate, we asked the four GOP candidates where they stand on the agency’s major issues.

Elon Musk’s company got a boost in its application by the Starbase city commissioners. Two commissioners are SpaceX employees.

Incomes and education attainment among Texans have increased, while poverty has declined.

A US Democratic Congressman, Joaquin Castro, shared about his meeting with Liam Conejo Ramos, the five-year-old detained by federal immigration authorities. He said that the kid is showing signs of depression after being held for days in a Texas detention facility.

Faced with a proposed list of almost 300 readings for K-12 students, the State Board of Education delayed a vote until April.

Moonshot AI gets more into agents, Texas doubles down on China tech ban

State troopers deployed pepper spray at protesters at the family detention center near Dilley where a 5-year-old Ecuadorian’s detention has drawn nationwide attention.

Texas state police deployed pepper balls to disperse protesters outside the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, where 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias, are being held. Demonstrators against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown rallied outside the facility, banging drums, chanting and…

Authorities say Norman Lee Johnson had a prior criminal case involving the slain couple

A California professor criticizes Texas' H-1B visa freeze, arguing it jeopardizes higher education's global competitiveness. He highlights renowned foreign-born scholars at UT Austin, emphasizing international talent's crucial role in research and academic excellence. Restricting these pathways, he warns, could significantly weaken US universities' long-term capacity and standing.