Government and Politics

The governor said undergraduate tuition and fees should stay frozen after some public university systems weighed increases.

Republicans in Lubbock County have their party’s official candidates for the November general election for several offices including Texas’ Congressional District 19 and county commissioners for Precincts 2 and 4.

Texas voters appear to have selected State Sen. Nathan Johnson of Dallas as their candidate for Texas Attorney General in the November election according to early primary runoff results.

Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dustin Burrows all supported French's opponent.

More than 24,000 Lubbock County voters cast ballots in Texas' joint primary runoffs between early voting and Election Day yesterday. Our Samantha reports on local results. Meanwhile at the state level, Vikki Goodwin won the Democratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor, Nathan Johnson and Mayes Middleton will go onto compete for Texas Attorney General in November, and current Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton won his race for U.S. Senator.

Paxton, the Trump-endorsed Texas attorney general, will face Austin state Rep. James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for Senate, in November's general election.

Texas voters decided party nominees for U.S. Senate, attorney general, and lieutenant governor, along with several congressional and local races.

John Cornyn is trying to fend off Ken Paxton. Both parties are picking attorney general nominees. And an oil and gas regulatory race has become uncharacteristically costly.

Since news first surfaced late last year that border walls could be built for the first time in the Big Bend region of West Texas, the story has been marked by shifting, unannounced changes and few clearly communicated details from the Trump administration.

A team of researchers at Texas Tech University was awarded an approximately $4.5 million grant to develop semiconductors to be used in harsh environments. According to the university, the research from the College of Engineering aims to increase development for high-power electronics, such as broadband amplification and light detection. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing Meta and WhatsApp. As The Texas Newsroom’s Lucio Vasquez reports, he’s accusing the companies of misleading users about how private their messages really are.