The Latest Breaking News from Texas

Texas couples hear the phrase “inheritance tax” and immediately brace for a financial hit, but the truth is far less scary—and far more misunderstood. Many families assume they’ll owe thousands when a parent or relative passes away, only to discover that Texas handles estate matters very differently from other states.…

For many Americans, living on the West Coast is a dream.

A man went to La Perla, a rooftop bar located at the Plaza Hotel in El Paso, Texas. Then the waitress treated him and his wife with hostility, which he concluded was racial profiling. 

Ruben Ray Martinez was killed during a traffic stop on South Padre Island in Texas last March, according to newly released documents

A U.S. citizen was shot and killed by a federal immigration officer during a late-night traffic stop nearly a year ago in a Texas beach town crowded with young people celebrating spring break

Travel restrictions and sharper federal attention are dissuading foreign students from attending U.S. colleges, advocates say, hitting the Denton university harder than most.

Texas GOP senator John Cornyn was trolled after he shared an NYT podcast in which Indian-origin scholar Amitav Acharya said the superpower in waiting is India, not the US or China. Cornyn posted the NYT opinion piece by the headline that said 'Welcome to the Indian Century' but he was…

When politically appointed regents and administrators determine which topics are “germane,” academic freedom quietly shifts into political compliance.

The latest campaign finance reports show big-money interests are heavily invested in the Texas primaries — but unwilling to reveal their identities at a critical juncture of the race.