J. DAVID GOODMAN

The suit was the first direct challenge by the Biden administration to Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security program, Operation Lone Star.

Extreme heat killed 10 people in Laredo, a sign that the eventual death toll from this year’s widespread heat waves could be substantial.

The state senator, who represents Uvalde, Texas, vowed to make his passionate appeals for gun control a centerpiece of his campaign.

A year after Dobbs, researchers are still trying to answer a central question: How many more babies are born as a result of abortion bans?

The record June heat has been particularly dangerous inside the state’s prisons, where indoor temperatures can top 110 degrees.

The amount of solar energy generated in Texas has grown exponentially. Some Republicans question the state’s increasing reliance on renewable power.

In Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial this summer, 31 state senators will decide whether to permanently remove him as Texas attorney general. One is his wife.

The bills’ passage was the culmination of a Republican effort to increase oversight of voting in Harris County, which includes Houston.

The building conflict between moderates and hard-liners in one of the Republican Party’s most important states highlights tension over the future of the party.

The intraparty impeachment battle among Texas Republicans punctuated a legislative session marked by divisions, name-calling and discontent among top leaders in the Republican-dominated state