On Wednesday, McCown joined other Camp Mystic parents, some wearing buttons memorializing “Heaven’s 27,” in demanding that Texas lawmakers pass a bill that would boost camp safety, including generally ...

Parts of the Texas Capitol grounds were evacuated and closed to visitors on Tuesday evening after reports of an active shooter threat.The building itself was s ...

The standoff began on Monday, when Democratic members returned to the Capitol after being out of the state for more than two ...

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Tensions ran high at the Texas State Capitol as an active shooter threat prompted the evacuation of the building on Monday night.State Represen ...

Ceta Canyon’s CEO, along with the parents of the children lost in the July 4 flooding from Camp Mystic, testified before the Texas Senate asking for camp safety reform.

The mother of the only camper missing from Camp Mystic shared a heartfelt tribute while speaking to the Texas Senate Select ...

November 28 marks a day that Texas Longhorns fans have been awaiting for 15 years now: the return of the Lone Star Showdown between the Horns and the Texas A&M ...

The University of Texas System officially selected John M. Zerwas as its chancellor and James E. Davis as president of its ...

Texas Republicans insisted that Democrats have around-the-clock police escorts to ensure they wouldn’t leave again.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked Texas from requiring nearly a dozen public school districts across the state to post the Ten Commandments in every classroom.