Texas House votes to ban school vouchers, cap AG spending in $246B budget
By Cassandra Pollock and Erin Douglas, The Texas Tribune
The Texas House on Thursday night unanimously passed its proposed two-year, $246 billion state budget after...
Feds report Texas woman with clots after getting J&J vaccine
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Federal health officials have informed state officials that a Texas woman has been hospitalized with possible blood clots associated with...
Wealthy Latin Americans flock to US in search of vaccines
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and MARCOS MARTINEZ CHACON Associated Press
MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — They travel thousands of miles by plane from Latin America to...
Beto O’Rourke is still campaigning. But for what?
By Bryan Mena, The Texas Tribune
LAREDO — The placid skies and balmy, springtime heat in South Texas made waiting outdoors tolerable on a recent...
Texas Senate lacks votes to pass permitless carry of handguns
By Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said Monday that the state Senate does not currently have the votes to pass permitless...
New ad campaign to promote coronavirus vaccines in Texas
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — State health officials are launching a $1.5 million radio and television ad campaign to promote the next phase of vaccinating...
Texas GOP opposition to bill on changing ‘Negro’ place names raises sparks
Chuck Lindell Austin American-Statesman
AUSTIN, Texas — With attention focused on a Texas House hearing about competing bills — one to remove Confederate monuments from...
Corporations ask Legislature to drop bills targeting LGBTQ Texans
Chuck Lindell Austin American-Statesman
Raising concerns about legislation targeting LGBTQ people, a group of leading corporations on Monday urged Texas lawmakers to focus instead on...
New migrant facilities crop up to ease crowding, again
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and AMY TAXIN Associated Press
For the third time in seven years, U.S. officials are scrambling to handle a dramatic spike...
Police: 2 killed, 3 injured following shooting in Houston
HOUSTON (AP) — Two people were killed and three others were injured following an early Monday morning shooting in Houston, according to police.
Officers initially...