After the active duty airman self-immolated as an act of protest against the violence in Gaza, friends of Bushnell from the San Antonio church he attended remember someone who “loved hard and loved quickly.”
Dallas Love Field has been transformed into an aviation battleground again, as American and Southwest lobby the Federal Aviation Administration to change the rules that allowed the newcomer to take off.
The aviation battle underway at Love Field has echoes of the pivotal fight over the launch of Legend Airlines.
In a post-election interview, Travis Clardy calls his defeat a slap in the face for rural districts with few alternatives to public schools.
A Houston-area priest is part of a group of religious leaders and media figures who draw followers interested in conspiracy theories and authoritarian government.
U.S. policy is designed to force those entering Texas to cross at dangerous choke points. Those who don't make it are often never identified.
The GOP primary has yanked the lower chamber, once again, to the right—a huge victory for Greg Abbott and lieutenant governor Dan Patrick.
On the rolling hills outside Canadian, Texas, where cattle herds were decimated and fertile ranchland has been reduced to a charred wasteland, some things are too painful to discuss.
Billionaires here are funding right-wing politicians to knock down barriers between church and state. But a small countermovement is now rising to meet them.
Joyce Slocum, who died Sunday, built TPR into a national model for independent local and collaborative journalism. She was also one hell of a friend.
Donald Trump and Joe Biden cruised to victory, the Democrats chose Colin Allred to challenge Ted Cruz, and Dade Phelan is heading to a runoff.
The river’s spikes in salinity are killing crops in the Rio Grande Valley. Finding a solution will require negotiations between Texas and Mexico policymakers.
The primary is where most everything is decided in Texas, but early voting turnout has been abysmal, particularly among Democrats.
The Speaker governs as an old-school conservative—a crime for which right-wing Republicans are determined to banish him.
Droughts, arctic blasts, heat waves—senior editor Alex Samuels explains what the future holds for the state's notoriously chaotic climate.
The attorney general and the senator have beef. For now, it’s confined to social media.
Kim Ogg ran on a platform of bail reform to become district attorney of Harris County, home of Houston. Now those who championed her rise are trying to unseat her.
After the 2020 election, Heider Garcia received death threats. Instead of backing down, he reached out to conspiracy theorists—and won many of them over.
The Texas Blockchain Council aims to stop a new federal requirement that its members disclose how much electricity they’re pulling from the grid.
The Texas governor should be reeling from a humiliating defeat on his biggest policy priority. Instead, he’s at the height of his power.
The Texas congressman’s party-defying votes have earned him four right-wing challengers who say the race is America’s last stand.
Texas’s attorney general is suing to revoke the license of a Catholic migrant aid center in El Paso. Leaders of such aid groups say they’re simply practicing their faith.
Roland Gutierrez, the state senator who represents Uvalde, is running for Senate on an issue long seen as too toxic to emphasize in Texas.
A Houston company’s vessel returns America to the most remote portion of our state for the first time since 1972.
The beleaguered attorney general has announced a lawsuit targeting El Paso’s Annunciation House, claiming—without evidence—that it and other NGOs “facilitate astonishing horrors.”
A constellation of right-wing special interests and vengeful state officials is striving to shape the Texas House in its image, in part by targeting independent-minded Republican lawmakers.
Last week, the novel use of AI technology to suppress Democratic voter turnout prompted investigations by federal and New Hampshire officials. The Texas company under scrutiny has a colorful history.
Tim Dunn may not be a household name, but staff writer Russell Gold explains why he is someone Texans should know.
Transactions like this week’s $26 billion Diamondback-Endeavor deal signal a changing of the guard.
Hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants could be affected by a forthcoming U.S. Supreme Court decision—and it could all come down to how justices interpret a single word.
The city’s homicide unit granted a year of unprecedented access to photographer Richard Sharum. His pictures tell a vivid story of cops, criminals, and victims—and the violent act that binds them together.
Baylor University is one of many religious institutions that have received religious exemptions to federal law prohibiting sex-based discrimination.
A nonprofit forges one-on-one relationships with vulnerable first-time mothers to combat a maternal mortality crisis.
Most November elections in the state are meaningless. But primaries present liberals with an opportunity to exert their electoral influence.
The North Texas state senator voted to acquit the attorney general in September but has called for new proceedings to evaluate Paxton’s fitness for office.
Tyler-based New Hope Energy and the petrochemical industry are bullish on the technology, but critics say it’s a distraction from the pressing need to reduce our use of the material.
An East Texas DJ is trying to turn his indie station into an agent of change in a community that’s grappling with profound demographic shifts.
The state’s most powerful figure, Tim Dunn, isn’t an elected official. But behind the scenes, the West Texas oilman and lay preacher is lavishly financing what he regards as a holy war against public education, renewable energy, and non-Christians.
The woman was accompanied by a young child who was shot and is in critical condition, police said.
Not everyone can vote, but seemingly anyone can run. Your guide to some of the more intriguing scoundrels, weirdos, and ne’er-do-wells on the ballot in 2024.
The attorney general, who has spent eight years delaying his securities fraud trial, is arguing that those delays make his prosecution unconstitutional.
Austin Riley spent decades raising exotic animals in the Texas Hill Country. In a split second, the animal he thought he knew best changed his life forever.
The longtime representative recently lost her bid for Houston mayor by a two-to-one margin. Can she retain control of her congressional seat?
The Kate Cox case, and the attorney general’s threats against physicians and hospitals, exemplifies the “circular” logic of abortion law in Texas.
At “Take Our Border Back” rallies across Texas, the convoy’s Christian nationalist rhetoric was on wide display. But not all soldiers are equally devout.
The small border town once again finds itself at the center of a performance that’s less about immigration control than political posturing.
Party leaders want to close primaries to preclude Democrats from crossing over to vote for the more-centrist Republican candidates. But the data shows that few do so.
For almost three years, Texas DPS agents worked hand in hand with the feds, but their partnership has unraveled into a bitter standoff in Eagle Pass.
It’s unlikely Texas will depart from the union. But with Governor Greg Abbott spouting secessionist rhetoric over border security, talk of a “Texit” is getting a fresh look.
A UT–El Paso study demonstrates that a by-product of your morning cup of joe could prove useful in fighting neurodegenerative disease.