Texas cities eye property tax hikes, spending cuts amid yawning budget gaps

Can Austin break the costly cycle of homelessness, jail and crisis? A new program aims to do that.

On a hot August afternoon, Marcus Martin walked out of the Travis County Correctional Complex in Southeast Austin after about six months behind bars, a broad smile stretched across his face. He’s been incarcerated before, but he believes this time is different. Outside the facility, several people awaited his release in their vehicles, blasting the […]

Fifth Circuit reaffirms death row inmate Brittany Holberg’s conviction

A three-judge panel of the court had reversed Holberg’s sentence in 2025, but Friday’s split decision will keep the district court’s decision to affirm her conviction.

Greg Abbott threatens Dallas, Houston airports’ grant funds over Islamic washing facilities

Abbott’s letter to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport’s CEO said the airport would lose state and federal grant funds unless it stopped installing a facility commonly used by Muslim people before prayer.

Texas will audit up to 300 projects, mostly data centers, after Gov. Greg Abbott's order

The state’s power grid operator had already planned on auditing several data center proposals, but Abbott’s directive reworks the timeline and adds new requirements.

Look up your Texas school’s A-F accountability grade, STAAR performance

Texas grades public schools largely on how well students perform on the STAAR tests.