Federal disaster assistance approved for some Texas counties after July floods

Texas food banks feel the squeeze of federal cuts, drop in donations

More Texans have become food insecure due to a rise in natural disasters and less qualifying for SNAP benefits. Rural food banks in particular face additional pressures.

Texas A&M System considers removing courses on LGBTQ, ethnic studies and climate change from core offerings

More than 200 courses, including those on LGBTQ literature, cultural studies and climate change, could no longer count toward core degree requirements at 11 Texas A&M universities.

With voters squeezed by high costs, Texas candidates race to claim affordability mantle

If not carefully vetted, candidates’ proposals to lower costs could exacerbate future affordability issues, experts say.

In a rare move, Gov. Greg Abbott defends Medicaid funding for Texas

Abbott’s spokesman reiterated that Texas is not doing anything wrong that would disqualify hospitals from receiving nearly $10 billion in Medicaid funding annually.

Austin man’s wrongful deportation casts scrutiny on Texas’ embrace of ICE partnerships

The federal government let U.S. citizen Brian José Morales García return to Texas on Sunday after deporting him to Mexico following a traffic stop in Central Texas.