James Barragán | The Texas Tribune

The poll also showed House Speaker Dade Phelan with low approval rating among Texans after a heated primary battle.

Four members of the unit working on Gov. Greg Abbott’s border mission have been punished after whistleblowers reported the surveillance operation violated long-standing rules against state-run spy operations.

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruling overturns lower-court decisions that had moved the case back to Collin County, where the suspended attorney general lives.

A lack of lawmaker support jeopardizes the attorney general’s $3.3 million settlement, which would resolve a lawsuit alleging Paxton fired high-ranking deputies who accused him of misconduct.

Paxton’s lawyer had argued that federal prosecutors based out of San Antonio had an 'obvious conflict' in the investigation.

It’s the first-known incident where a soldier has shot a migrant since the mission began. The injury is non-life threatening.

For the third straight legislative session, state Rep. Jarvis Johnson, D-Houston, has filed a bill to end Confederate Heroes Day as a state holiday.

Lawmakers begin work for their biennial legislative session. They’ll debate over the state budget, school issues, border security and property taxes, among other issues.

Gov. Greg Abbott, who Trump endorsed for his reelection, has not commented about the former president’s announcement to run for the White House a third time.

He has been the Texas Democratic Party’s great hope. But after failed runs for senator, president and governor, observers wonder if he has a political future.