Last week, the Texas House of Representatives published the interim committee charges for the Eighty-Ninth Legislative Session, and there was a surprising item in the 53-page document: The Select ...

Texans and New Mexicans might be starting to hear more chatter about "NewMexit" — the possibility of Texas annexing New Mexico counties wishing to secede and join the Lone Star state. What started as ...

Texas lawmakers plan to study the possibility of annexing a chunk of its western neighbor. Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows this month directed a state legislative committee to explore the legal and ...

The study ordered last week by House Speaker Dustin Burrows to examine whether Texas could actually gobble up some of the counties on the eastern rim of New Mexico has some political figures seeing ...

A large explosion at a Valero oil refinery in Port Arthur, near the Texas Gulf coast, shot plumes of smoke into the air and forced some nearby residents to shelter in place on Monday. Port Arthur ...

The 2026 midterms are off to a busy start. Primary races on Tuesday, March 3, in Texas, North Carolina and Arkansas were the first of many elections to come across the country in 2026, sending smoke ...

Texas voters are selecting party nominees for some of the state’s highest offices, including the U.S. Senate, Texas attorney general, competitive congressional seats and dozens of state positions. At ...

It was on March 2, 1836, when historians believe the original and five copies of the Texas Declaration of Independence were written and signed by 59 men at Washington-on-the-Brazos. If you were ...

Texas voters face a lengthy ballot for the governor's race, with crowded Democratic and Republican fields competing for a spot in November's general election. Candidates on the March 3 ballots range ...

The race for U.S. Senate in Texas is intensifying and making national headlines, as all major Republican and Democratic candidates sweep across the state. Over the past two weeks, every candidate has ...

Like sonnets about death or romance novels about hockey players, there is no shortage of songs about Texas. Some happen to be great. Others are downright offensive to the ear. Some are famous the ...

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