Texas

Texas man sought in wounding of small town’s police chief

Associated Press MEMPHIS, Texas — Authorities issued a “Blue Alert” across Texas Friday morning as they searched for…

Texas

Supreme Court steps into a fight over plans to store nuclear waste in rural Texas and New Mexico

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to step into a fight over plans to store nuclear…

Texas

Ken Paxton sues TikTok for violating new Texas social media law

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued TikTok on Thursday for sharing and selling minors’ personal information, violating a…

Crime

Dean among coalition of lawmakers seeking clemency for East Texas man on death row

State Rep. Jay Dean of Longview is one of 86 Republican and Democratic Texas House members urging clemency…

Texas

Texas can no longer investigate alleged cases of vote harvesting, federal judge says

A federal judge ruled Saturday that part of a Texas law that enacted new voting restrictions violated the…

Texas

Despite warnings, Texas removed millions from Medicaid as eligible residents lost care

For three years during the coronavirus pandemic, the federal government gave Texas and other states billions of dollars…

Texas

Texas student punished for hairstyle wants to return to school he left

HOUSTON — A Black high school student in Texas who was punished for nearly all of his junior…

Texas

Former Houston officer convicted of murder in deaths of couple during drug raid

HOUSTON — A former Houston police officer was convicted Wednesday of murder in the deaths of a couple…

Texas

Makers of card game sue SpaceX over alleged trespassing in Texas

The game company Cards Against Humanity is suing Elon Musk’s SpaceX for $15 million, accusing the corporation that…

Business

Texas job growth surges with 78,000 jobs added in August

From Staff Reports AUSTIN — The Texas labor market achieved a new record-high level for jobs and the…