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A big chunk of the Voting Rights Act was struck down more than a year ago by the US Supreme Court. The ruling took many southern states off the hook when…

Earlier today President Obama stood before the United Nations Climate Summit to reiterate the need for global action on climate change. Citing the hottest…

The influence of religion in public life has declined say respondents of a recent Pew poll. More than half surveyed were concerned by their perception of…

The notion of a “serial killer” hadn’t been thought up yet in 1885. But that year in Austin, there was one on the loose. It’s one of the greatest unsolved…

As part of an ongoing battle between Planned Parenthood and the Texas Medicaid program, just over six months ago the state of Texas cut off funding to a…

From Texas Standard: Along with other Texas lawmakers, state Rep. Diego Bernal, a Democrat from San Antonio, has been getting an earful from all sides...

The prehistoric hunter-gatherers of the Lower Pecos canyon lands of Texas and Coahuila, Mexico, created some of the most spectacularly complex, colorful,…

This week, the Trump administration announced an end of the Obama-era program which protected young immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children…

The San Antonio v. Rodriguez case challenged the use of local property taxes to fund school districts. But a 5-4 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in…

This week on Texas Matters:How a city's effort to criminalize homelessness can perpetuate the problem for people living on the streets (0:30).The mayor of…