Former Texas Lt. Gov. Bill Ratliff dies at 89

Corpus Christi in legal fight with industries after rejecting demand for $80 million water refund

A judge will hear arguments this week after industrial users protested a rate hike by the city, which said residents and businesses were unfairly subsidizing industrial rates.

“Who do I vote for?”: Cornyn voters weigh Paxton, Talarico or sitting out in November

The Tribune spoke with nine people who voted for the senior senator in the primary, offering a window into how that key voting bloc is thinking about the general election.

Houston protesters call on feds to release more information, and witnesses, to Tuesday’s ICE killing

Protesters demanded feds release footage of the shooting and the three men who were in the van with Lorenzo Salgado Araujo before he was killed.

Fatal Houston ICE shooting follows agency’s increased focus on street arrests

The risk of violent encounters rises when immigration enforcement shifts from picking up suspected criminals in jail to arresting people on the streets, experts say.

Days after fatal ICE shooting, Texas GOP leaders remain silent about calls for independent probes

Almost none of the state’s major Republican officials have weighed in on the killing of a Houston man by federal agents, and U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia of Houston said she had not spoken with Gov. Greg Abbott.