Historically, Texans mostly skip voting in primary elections. That fact changes everything about who ends up being elected – ...

With 2025 behind us, The Texas Tribune’s politics team has compiled five of the top political stories we are watching in 2026, when voters will have their first chance to make their opinions known on ...

What this shows is that Tarrant County is more purple than ever, and both parties are going after each other because it’s ...

When Texas Republican lawmakers redrew the state's congressional districts at the behest of President Trump this summer, neither they, nor the president, left any question about what motivated them.

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Texas leaders in both parties condemn the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. On Friday, authorities arrested 22-year-old Tyler Robinson of Utah for Kirk's murder. The shooting ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From left: Democrats James Talarico and Jasmine Crockett, incumbent U.S. Sen. John Cornyn and fellow Republicans Wesley Hunt and ...

Today tied for the warmest January day on record in San Antonio. The year also brought the devastating July 4 Hill Country floods, which killed over 130 people, including dozens of children and ...

Subscribe to The Blast, The Texas Tribune’s premier newsletter, for exclusive reporting, nonpartisan analysis and the first word on political moves across the state. The year also brought the ...

Read full article: Silver Alert issued for missing 67-year-old woman last seen at Spring hotel Teen killed after minibike pursuit with Harris County Sheriff's Office in northeast Houston; crash at ...