Bernie Tiede, whose murder of a Texas widow was immortalized by Richard Linklater, is suing the state over what he calls its “cruel and unusual” treatment of inmates in hot prisons.

Clenard Parker, a 42-year-old resident of Chappell Hill, is suspected of stealing the vehicle a day after his application for a commercial driver's license was denied.

The declaration allows the county judge to coordinate and control traffic and other needs during the eclipse.

Joyce Slocum, who led both NPR and Texas Public Radio into a new era for public media, died Sunday from complications of colon cancer.

Austin Police have said they do not believe the crash was intentional.

Major League Baseball playoffs are beginning, and the Houston Astros are in the running for the whole box of Cracker Jacks. But it wasn’t that long ago that the spacemen were caught cheating by stealing signs. There may not be crying in baseball, but there is cheating. Has America’s game become too tolerant of the low ball out?

After the Uvalde school massacre, the slow walking of the firing of a Texas Ranger spotlights the lack of transparency about how the DPS failed. With rapid growth during a record drought, what can be done to keep the Texas Hill Country from running out of water? And book bans in Texas are getting worse.

The Texas Medicaid unwinding process is causing catastrophic coverage losses. No state has kicked more people or kids off Medicaid or had a higher share of renewals end in loss of coverage. There are reports of the state's serious system errors and non-compliance with federal guidelines. What’s happening with Texas Medicaid?

Texas is a hotbed of hate, according to a new report from the Anti-Defamation League.They document the growth of hate and extremism in the state. Texas based white supremacists are targeting the Jewish community, immigrants and folks who are LGBTQ. And the hate is also infecting politics in Texas.

The actual history of Texas is too important to leave in the hands of the state and the politicians. In the time of book bans and anti-woke grandstanding, wildcatter historian E.R. Bills challenges the official myths of Texas and seeks to set the record straight. He asks other Texans to take a hard look at what we’ve been told about the state’s past, culture and character.