Rio Grande Valley

A clinical psychologist at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley hopes her research of individuals with autism spectrum disorder provides a better communication pathway between providers, parents, and children.

After being elected last November, Hinojosa became the first Republican to represent Texas Senate District 27 since Reconstruction. He sat down with The Texas Newsroom to lay out the details of his life before running for office.

A small group of mostly SpaceX employees voted to incorporate the area around the SpaceX rocket testing and launch site near Brownsville as the City of Starbase.

The city of Starbase would encompass the SpaceX rocket testing and launch complex in South Texas. It could lay the groundwork for similar towns Musk plans to create here in the future.

Traditionally Democratic and overwhelmingly Latino voters on the Texas-Mexico border favored Trump in last November's election, giving him 12 of the Texas borderlands' 14 counties, up from just five in 2016. But now, at the crucial 100-day mark into Trump's 2nd term, that support is waning.

Elon Musk is asking the state to give him the power to close Boca Chica Beach on SpaceX's schedule just as rocket launches there may spike. Local leaders and environmentalists stand in opposition.

Trump’s threats of tariffs and mass deportations fuel rising anxiety on the border and in Mexico. Border businesses that depend on trade are bracing for the economic consequences. Mexican officials publicly downplay the impact but prepare for whatever comes next.

It was a change from the Republican governor's legal battles with the Biden administration. Abbott spent the last four years testing a state's ability to enforce immigration law — at times at odds with Border Patrol.

The 400 members of a special tactical unit left bases in Houston and Fort Worth on Monday morning, according to the governor’s office.

In Brownsville, the city and local hospital have helped residents lose more than 23,000 pounds since 2008.