Ayden Runnels | The Texas Tribune

If a majority of the roughly 500 residents living around the South Texas site vote yes in May, Starbase will be the state’s newest city.

In a letter to U.S. congressional leaders, the governor blamed previous border security policy for leaving Texas 'defenseless,' forcing state officials to spend billions.

Texas continues to lead other states on capital punishment. But the decline in new death sentences and executions reached a record low.

Some Texas lawmakers including Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick slammed the Biden administration over the auction of wall materials. But the sale was directed by Congress — and Texas has already bought some of it.

Other new laws make changes to the tax code, criminal justice and health care systems.