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Sid Miller says Republicans will lose statewide elections due to rapid data center development, backlash

The Texas agriculture commissioner has openly criticized Gov. Greg Abbott for not taking a stronger stand against data center development. The governor has ignored him.

Appeals court rejects Attorney General Ken Paxton’s effort to overturn Texas State Fair gun ban

The fair banned firearms in 2024 after a shooting at Fair Park. Paxton’s lawsuit has faced multiple setbacks, the latest from a court appointed entirely by Gov. Greg Abbott.

Lack of broadband service, funding gives rise to telehealth services in rural clinics

Clinics with better internet connections are now offering telehealth services to patients who can’t do it from their homes.

New details emerge in little-known case of a border agent who killed a migrant in Texas' Rio Grande Valley

The federal agent said he shot the man in self defense last December amid a fight that erupted after agents tried to arrest the migrants who were retreating to Mexico.

Fracas over Tarrant County voting sites highlights public distrust over how elections are run

Residents questioned whether officials in the closely watched purple county will make election decisions fairly in a “hyperpartisan environment.”