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Organizers need 4,800 signatures to bring the matter to the city council.

A local businessman's dream student-housing development has nearby residents concerned about the infrastructure, safety and character of one of Lubbock's oldest neighborhoods.

Expanding Medicaid expansion would help thousands of uninsured adults have health care coverage. Why is Texas one of 10 states that hasn't expanded yet?

Eviction filings have surged in the wake of the pandemic, but those numbers only count formal cases filed in courts. It's not clear how many people are forced out when landlords shut off their air conditioning or harass them, tenants' rights advocates say.

The protections are particularly important as urban sprawl continues in Texas.

A pair of new laws recently passed by the state legislature prohibits universities from having offices of diversity, equity and inclusion, and alters tenure practices.

What leads to these tragedies and how can they be prevented?

This is the third year businesses in the Permian Basin — known for high school football and oil fields — have participated in the University of Texas at Austin program. Students this year say they are seeing their hometowns in a new way.

A new report from the March of Dimes shows almost half of all counties in Texas don’t have adequate health care for pregnant people.

Ector County Judge Dustin Fawcett is holding town halls across West Odessa, a sprawling unincorporated community, about raising funds to get the area more fire and emergency services. One controversial option for residents there — creating a new city.