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UT leaders working to bring conservative think tank to campus

By Kate McGee | The Texas Tribune Over the past eight months, leaders at the University of Texas at Austin have been working with private...

January 6 investigators want Paxton’s communications with Trump officials

By Bethany Irvine | The Texas Tribune WASHINGTON — The U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol has requested communications between...

Texas House approves new voting restrictions

By Alexa Ura | The Texas Tribune After months of drama and political resistance, the curtain has lowered on Democratic attempts to stave off a...

Texas GOP pushes ahead on voting bill with Democrats back

By PAUL J. WEBER and ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Republicans on Thursday pressed forward on a third try at passing...

With Democrats back, Texas GOP pushes ahead with voting bill

By ACACIA CORONADO Report for America/Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Republicans brought back their voting bill Monday with no changes as some Democrats...

Gov. Greg Abbott now testing negative for COVID-19

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he has tested negative for COVID-19, just four days after testing positive. "I'm told that my...

Texas colleges lure students, employees to get vaccinated

By Kate McGee | The Texas Tribune The prizes range from a year of free tuition and paid days off to $100 gift cards for...

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s COVID claim denounced as racist

By ACACIA CORONADO | Report for America/Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas' lieutenant governor blamed rising hospitalization and death rates from COVID-19 on unvaccinated...

Texas Democrats return, end 38-day holdout over voting bill

By PAUL J. WEBER and ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A standoff in Texas over new voting restrictions that gridlocked the state...

Threats of DPS arresting House Democrats yet to materialize

By Cassandra Pollock and Patrick Svitek | The Texas Tribune More than a week after Republicans in the Texas House voted to authorize arrests of...