Texas desperately needs more and denser housing to keep up with demand. But zoning restrictions get in the way, a Texas Tribune analysis found. By Joshua Fechter and Carla Astudillo Published: Oct. 29 ...

Studies pinpointed what went wrong in Texas City, but unsafe conditions persist By Jim Malewitz, Mark Collette and Lise Olsen | March 22, 2015 10 years later, the blood lessons of Texas City haven’t ...

Midterm elections in Texas are on Nov. 3. Here are all the candidates on the general election ballot, according to the Secretary of State. Statewide seats, including governor, lieutenant governor, ...

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Texas lost 1.4 million jobs in the spring of 2020 due to COVID-19 and the unemployment rate peaked at 12.9% in April 2020. Sales tax revenue dropped by almost $2 billion in one year. By May 2021, ...

The Texas Tribune is a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization dedicated to helping you navigate Texas policy and politics — including the 2026 midterms. Here are results from the May 26 primary ...

Texas will hold its 2026 primary elections on March 3. Here are all of the candidates who have filed for the Democratic and Republican primary elections, according to the Secretary of State. Voters in ...

Election years are supposed to be the time for democracy to shine. We’ll debate, we’ll campaign and then in November we’ll come together to decide which direction we'll swim for the next two to four ...

The 2024 U.S. elections will be held on Nov. 5. Texans will vote in the presidential race, as well as one U.S. Senate seat and one of three seats on the Railroad Commission. In addition, voters will ...

They were fathers, mothers, siblings, neighbors and friends, and in most cases their loved ones were not able to gather and mourn together. The weight of their deaths fell unevenly across the state — ...

This video shows a stretch of tall border wall built on a dirt path that’s nestled between a river and a large swath of trees and greenery. As the camera pulls back, the border wall ends abruptly, ...