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Despite court orders to release federal grants, many organizations working on climate projects still don't have access to contractually obligated money.

Another bad idea whose time has come in the Texas Legislature is upon us. It's time to revive my old proposal that Texas be ...

With another legislative session that could pile on even more anti-trans policies, LBGTQ+ groups grapple with how to protect ...

ENTRE, a community archive and film center based in Harlingen, hosted the gathering to help people learn more about Boca ...

Richard Tabler, 45, is the second person scheduled to be executed in Texas this year, with his death by lethal injection set for February 13. Tabler confessed to shooting and killing four people ...

Abbott’s emergency items include property tax relief, improving water infrastructure, creating a universal school voucher ...

Vouchers become subsidies for families who had already decided to pay for private school, at the expense of public schools ...

I do not pretend to know the motivation of Jeff Yass. But I do know that Mr. Yass is not a Texan, and I also know that Texas ...

Derek Maltz formerly worked at PenLink, a Nebraska-based tech firm that has sold software that can track phone locations ...

A national project tracking anti-LGBTQ+ hate found dozens of homophobic and transphobic incidents in Texas during 2024, ranging from physical assaults to stolen Pride flags, though the most common ...