After 20 years of agitating for property tax reform, can Paul Bettencourt pull it off?

Texas grades school districts on an A-F scale. Explore your district's grades here.

With lack of movement on “constitutional carry” bill, gun rights advocate visits homes of House Speaker Dennis Bonnen, other members

Texas House signs off on medical schools for Sam Houston State, University of Houston

Point of Order: The news about the news

Trump backs off threat to close southern border immediately, says he’ll give Mexico one-year warning on drugs, migrants

Texas Democrats plan multi-million-dollar effort to unseat Cornyn

A newly elected county judge resigned abruptly. Just one problem: It was an accident.

“That bill has now been poisoned.” Business groups worry priority sick leave legislation now faces uphill battle.

As migrant surge continues, El Paso's safety net is feeling the strain

Texas Republicans warn Trump about ramifications of closing U.S.-Mexico border

Mike Pence to meet with ICE officials in Houston during Texas visit Friday

Texas high-speed rail developer doesn't want state money. But the Senate's state budget could still delay the project.

Texas Senate passes bill allowing school marshals to carry, not lock up, their guns

TribCast: Crisis mode at the Texas-Mexico border

Five potential impacts if President Trump closed the U.S.-Mexico border

Many Texas teachers have second jobs or live paycheck to paycheck. They're watching the teacher pay debate anxiously.

Analysis: A standard test for Texas lawmakers — fixing school finance

Castro unveils immigration platform, laying an early marker in the 2020 presidential contest

Texas Senate declares migrant surge an emergency

Texas Senate approves occupational licensing bill LGBTQ advocates call a "license to discriminate"

Former Steve Stockman aide gets 18-month sentence in campaign finance scheme

“Republicans have been turned French”: Hardline Texas conservatives worry their allies have gone soft

The Texas Senate's free speech proposal could force a policy change at UT-Austin, other campuses

Julián Castro, Beto O'Rourke say they'll release their tax returns, but timing unclear

Texas Senate moves to block local governments from partnering with abortion providers

Meet the advocates lobbying Texas lawmakers for more money and support this session

Federal government to accelerate Customs and Border Protection redeployment amid migrant surge