Government and Politics

More than 50 Democratic Texas House members have been out of state for nearly two weeks in an effort to block a Republican-led legislation that would redraw the state's congressional maps. On Thursday, they announced their conditions for returning to the Capitol in Austin.

Nestled in the very back of the federal spending and policy bill passed last month, there's an obscure provision that could change the lives of uranium miners exposed to radiation. It's an extension of the previously expired Radiation Exposure and Compensation Act of 1990.

It's been more than a week since Democrats fled the state to block a Republican-backed redistricting map.

The Midland school district rebranded Robert E. Lee High as Legacy High in 2020, part of a nationwide trend to distance public places from the Confederacy.

While other universities move to preserve the advisory bodies, Texas State will abolish them under a new state law that curtails faculty’s influence on campuses.

Nonprofits across the country have been grappling with changes in federal spending and the cuts to departments and grants. As coordinator with other local organizations, Lubbock Area United Way has been updating partners on developments at the state and national level, and advocating for policies suited to West Texas.

More than 50 Texas House Democrats left the state to stall a Republican-backed redistricting plan, effectively shutting down legislative business at the state Capitol.

The case of Senator E.L. Alford, who was expelled from his seat in 1870, provides lessons for today.

The proposal would have let landowners donate land to the refuge.

Gov. Greg Abbott filed an emergency petition with the Supreme Court of Texas to remove state Rep. Gene Wu from office.