Texas Tribune

The students saw the move as part of a political environment that has become increasingly hostile against LGBTQ+ people in Texas.

U.S. Reps. Jasmine Crockett and Veronica Escobar are expected to speak on the mainstage in Chicago.

Deaths from heat are notoriously difficult to quantify because of how complex and subjective the process is. It leaves officials with an incomplete picture of who heat kills.

Limits on who can be released without paying bail and difficulties hiring guards worsen the situation.

The executive order from the Texas governor will require these hospitals to track the cost of care for undocumented migrants, in order for the state to push for federal reimbursement.

Dr. Ingrid Skop, an OB-GYN, was chosen to represent rural areas over an obstetrics nurse from the Rio Grande Valley.

Educators say they’ll struggle to keep the programs they created with those funds, highlighting their precarious situation without more state help.

Water levels at the Amistad and Falcon international reservoirs are currently at 19% and 12% of capacity, respectively. Some of the decrease is from lower inflows from the U.S. side of the river.

After Texas deployed the barrier, a panel ordered it removed. The full appeals court says it can stay while a lower court hears a case on the merits.

Most respondents agreed with arguments against paying for private schools with public funds — but ultimately favored creating the programs.