Measles vaccination rate for Texas kindergarteners increased slightly after 2025 outbreak

Rising healthcare costs are straining Texas businesses as the Legislature seeks solutions

Lawmakers and experts pin the blame for rising insurance costs on health companies consolidating and creating less competition.

River authority’s budget woes are another blow to water-needy Corpus Christi

Cities and other water users have already paid $4.1 million to reserve water from a seawater desalination plant that is not close to construction.

Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock to resign at end of month

Gov. Greg Abbott appointed the former GOP lawmaker to the role last year, giving him the reins of Texas’ $1 billion school voucher rollout. Hancock was defeated in his bid for a full term in March.

Texas leads nation in proposed power plants for data centers, which would emit large amounts of greenhouse gases

Nearly half of the power plants planned to supply electricity for data centers would be in Texas. Experts warn they will emit significant pollution that could harm the health of communities nearby.

Supreme Court decision loosening campaign finance rules could be boon for Paxton in Senate race

Now permitted to spend freely in coordination with GOP candidates, national Republican committees can use their flush war chests to help candidates like Paxton close fundraising deficits.