J. DAVID GOODMAN

After a high school production of “Oklahoma!” was halted in conservative Sherman, Texas, something unusual happened: The school board sided with transgender students.

The wrangling over concertina wire along the Rio Grande is the latest legal battle between Texas and the Biden administration over border security.

The proposal, which has now cleared both houses of the Legislature, poses a direct challenge to the federal government’s authority over policing the borders.

Lubbock County, home to more than 300,000 near the New Mexico border, has become the fourth and largest Texas county to bar travel assistance for...

The migrant busing program altered the debate over immigration. Gov. Greg Abbott wants to give Texas police expanded powers over border enforcement.

Once a frequent crossing point, Starr County in South Texas, where new border barriers are planned by the Biden administration, has been relatively calm, local...

Electricity prices soared even when supply was ample, an independent monitor said. The state’s market operator said it was intentional.

The impeachment was the latest fight in an ongoing struggle between an emboldened hard right and the party’s more moderate old guard.

The battle over the fate of the Trump-backed Texas Attorney General became a litmus test for loyalty to the GOP.

The Republican-controlled Senate is weighing whether to remove the attorney general, Ken Paxton, based on evidence of bribery and abuse of office.