Siding with Gov. Greg Abbott, Texas Supreme Court temporarily halts mask orders in Dallas...
By Allyson Waller | The Texas Tribune
The Texas Supreme Court on Sunday temporarily blocked mask mandates in Dallas and Bexar counties, marking a pivotal...
People of color make up 95% of Texas’ population growth
By Alexa Ura, Jason Kao, Carla Astudillo and Chris Essig, The Texas Tribune
Setting the stage for what is expected to be a bruising battle...
Death-row inmate sues for pastor’s touch during execution
CORPUS CHRISTI (AP) — A Texas death-row inmate has sued state prison officials to allow his pastor to lay hands on him as he...
27 people aboard Galveston Carnival cruise test positive for COVID-19
BELIZE CITY (AP) — Twenty-seven people aboard a Carnival cruise tested positive for COVID-19 just before the ship made a stop in Belize City...
Texas threatens liquor licenses of restaurants requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccinations
By Farah Eltohamy, The Texas Tribune
The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission has threatened to revoke the liquor licenses of two Austin restaurants for requiring their...
Texas officials defy ban on mask mandates
By Joshua Fechter and Patrick Svitek | The Texas Tribune
As Texas students too young to get vaccinated head back to school while the highly...
Texas senator ends 15-hour filibuster, voting bill passes
By PAUL J. WEBER and ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas state senator ended a 15-hour filibuster Thursday morning in the...
Migrants arrested in Abbott’s border crackdown have served their time
By Jolie McCullough, The Texas Tribune
Through a small Zoom square from inside a Texas prison, nine immigrants in orange jumpsuits appeared for the first...
NCAA hands Baylor probation, fine in sex assault scandal
By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer
The NCAA infractions committee said Wednesday that its years-long investigation into the Baylor sexual assault scandal would result in...
Delta variant spreads, Southwest no longer sees profit in Q3
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN and DAVID KOENIG AP Business Writers
Southwest Airlines said Wednesday that it no longer expects to turn a profit in the third...