U.S. Supreme Court declines to give surrogate custody of baby she birthed in Dallas

Senate Republicans increase ad buy for Ken Paxton to $100 million

The nine-figure spend from Senate Leadership Fund comes as Paxton trails Democrat James Talarico in the polls.

After ICE shooting, Venezuelan man’s quick release from Austin hospital raises questions

Wilber Rafael Garces Perez was discharged after four hours into ICE custody and taken 135 miles to an immigration detention center.

Texas DPS failed to send voter registration applications to county election officials

It’s not known how many applications have been unprocessed. Counties will receive a backlogged surge less than two weeks before the Oct. 5 deadline to register for the Nov. 3 election.

With estranged husband on the ballot, Angela Paxton tells group of Texas women to vote GOP "even if we're mad at them"

Angela Paxton accused Ken Paxton of adultery in divorce filings but has been publicly silent about her view of his race. On Friday, she spoke to a group of Republican women in a speech called the “Elephant in the room.”

TribCast: Bo French, the Railroad Commission and other downballot races

In this week’s episode, we talk about how French’s tweet has brought turmoil to the Republican Party and assess whether other statewide races are really competitive.