The Latest Breaking News from Texas

Odessa bans transgender people from using restrooms that don’t match sex assigned at birth

LGBTQ+ advocates called the ban one of the most extreme measures enacted by a local government.

The Texas Tribune · Oct 23, 2024

Ted Cruz and Collin Allred Virtually Tied in Texas Senate Race Less Than Two Weeks Before Elections

An Emerson College Polling/The Hill survey found the Republican ahead by 1 percentage point over the Democrat, 48% to 47%, with 5% undecided

Latin Times · Oct 23, 2024

Childless Texas Lawmaker Becomes Latest Republican to Put Someone Else's Kids in Family Footage

Texas lawmaker Caroline Harris Davila faces backlash for featuring children who aren't her own in a new campaign ad.

Latin Times · Oct 23, 2024

Texas County Debunks Viral Trump Supporter Claim of Vote Switching, Says He Picked Kamala by Mistake and Blamed Machine

Voting officials in a Texas county are being forced to clear up misconceptions about the voting machines being used for the 2024 election after one voter in the county reported alleged foul play.

Latin Times · Oct 23, 2024

Where Georgia Bulldogs statistic leaders rank in the SEC

Georgia football statistics leaders through Week 8. Ranking Bulldogs among the SEC's leaders

USA Today Sports Media Group · Oct 23, 2024

Texas county reverses classification of Indigenous history book as fiction

Citizen review committee will be created after decision ‘outraged’ advocates and community near Houston

The Guardian - US · Oct 23, 2024

In San Antonio, House Races Could Determine Future of Public Ed and Vouchers

Abbott-induced financial crises in public school districts are at the center of key legislative elections in Bexar County and beyond.

Texas Observer · Oct 23, 2024

Juror Says New Evidence Could Have Prevented Texas Death Row Conviction in Shaken Baby Case

The juror said that new evidence would have changed her verdict, as Robert Roberson's case sparks renewed debate.

Latin Times · Oct 23, 2024

Texas mom-of-four disappeared two weeks ago. Now her husband’s business associate has been arrested

Suzanne Clark Simpson, 51, has now been missing for over two weeks

The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2024

Facing election scrutiny, Texas prepares for Nov. 5 with paper ballots and strengthened security

Only a handful of Texas counties will not have all in-person voters cast paper ballots at the polls. By 2026, all voting machines in Texas must produce a paper trail, per a 2021 state law.

The Texas Tribune · Oct 23, 2024