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Abbott unveils legislative priorities

By Patrick Svitek, Texas Tribune Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday unveiled a legislative agenda centered on the state’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and a...

GOP lawmakers push to make Texas’ anti-abortion laws most restrictive in U.S.

By Shannon Najmabadi, Texas Tribune Republican lawmakers, buoyed by a conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court and the trouncing of state-level Democrats in the...
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Texas ready to open large drive-in vaccine site

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas' rate of COVID-19 hospitalizations stayed on its downward trend Monday as health officials prepared the opening of a large...

Abbott will give his State of the State address Monday night

Gov. Greg Abbott will give his State of the State address at 7 p.m. Central time Monday. The State of the State speech is Abbott’s...

Mexican soldiers rescue toddler abandoned in Rio Grande

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican soldiers and immigration agents rescued a 2-year-old girl from Chile after she apparently fell into the Rio Grande and...

GOP lawmakers seek tougher voting rules after record turnout

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE and ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican lawmakers in statehouses across the country are moving swiftly to attack some...

Texas has a problem with its COVID-19 vaccination data

By Karen Brooks Harper and Shannon Najmabadi | Texas Tribune After the staff at Austin’s Tarrytown Pharmacy hustled to vaccinate 500 vulnerable Texans and front-line...

Texas to get a boost in vaccine doses it gets this week

HOUSTON (AP) — Texas was scheduled to get more than 520,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine this week, more than state officials said they...

Abbott, O’Rourke spar in what could be a preview of the 2022 governor’s race

By Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune Gov. Greg Abbott and Beto O’Rourke butted heads Thursday after the Democratic former El Paso congressman said he would...

Army: 11 Fort Bliss soldiers ill after ingesting substance

FORT BLISS, Texas (AP) — Eleven soldiers were sickened — including two who were in critical condition — after ingesting an unauthorized substance during...