Andrew Schneider | Houston Public Media

Half of all Texas restaurant operators failed to earn a profit last year, according to data tracked by the National Restaurant Association.

Approximately 12% percent of Texas car owners are uninsured. A new study from Texas Appleseed and United Way of Greater Houston finds that, for Harris County, that total is more than 14%.

Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal, 41, died March 14 in a Dallas hospital, the day after ICE arrested him outside his home. He was the 24th person to die in ICE custody since last October.

Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal, 41, was seized by ICE agents outside his Richardson home last Friday morning, March 13. He died Saturday morning.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that more than $126 billion in emergency tariffs were illegally collected, and the U.S. Court of International Trade said the Trump administration must refund them.

James Talarico defeated Jasmine Crockett in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, while Republicans John Cornyn and Ken Paxton head to a May runoff.

Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton are headed to a May 26 runoff in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate after neither candidate received more than 50% of the vote.

The changes, adopted last April and last December, could add at least a day to the time between when a mail-in ballot is sent and when it receives the postmark needed to be legally admissible.

Cornyn is seeking Texas Republicans’ nomination for a fifth term, in a contest that has seen bitter and expensive attacks on all sides. A new poll shows Paxton pulling away from Cornyn, but with no candidate leading by enough to avoid a runoff.

The Houston-centered congressional seat has been vacant for the past 332 days, since the death of U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner.