Why are Texas school children as young as 10 years old ending up in trouble with the law? Data shows how districts across the state are arresting and citing children for common misbehavior. The children are left with lasting trauma as the Legislature rejects bills to raise the age of criminal responsibility and floods schools with even more police.

Texas has some of the nation’s most restrictive policies on syringe exchange programs. But for years, Bexar County has been the exception and is authorized to operate a needle exchange program intended to prevent the spread of HIV, hepatitis and other infections among people who inject drugs. Efforts at the Texas legislature to expand the program to other counties in Texas have so far failed.

The race for Bexar County district attorney is taking shape as a three-way contest, with three candidates seeking to lead the county’s largest criminal prosecution office.

Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate James Talarico announced his border security plan during a campaign stop Monday in Terrell County. Talarico called the Trump administration's Big Bend border wall a "monument to corruption."

For decades, homelessness in Texas has largely been treated as a local problem. Cities operate shelters. Counties run jails and public hospitals. Nonprofits provide housing and services. Police respond to complaints and emergencies. But at the Texas Capitol, state lawmakers are beginning to ask whether that fragmented approach is itself part of the problem.

The county has reserve funds that others don’t, but leaders must soon decide whether slowed growth is an anomaly or the new normal.

Taught to sound like a candidate, bots are engaging voters with personalized text messages, making AI-generated texting conversations the latest tool political campaigns are using to connect.

Supporters gathered at the Paper Tiger as Texas state Rep. Gina Hinojosa campaigned on a proposal to send $1,500 to every Texas household and called for increased investment in public schools.

For more than two decades, the Texas Dream Act allowed certain students without legal status to qualify for in-state tuition. The law was abruptly overturned last year.

Calling into Gov. Greg Abbott's guest-hosted Hannity radio show, the Republican senator said Talarico is “charming” enough to win over voters “who may not be paying close attention to the issues.”