4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (740+ words) Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick holds a copy of “Let’s Talk About It,” just one of the books he called “dirty, filthy and vulgar” during a press conference on August 19. In an election year in Texas, the first sign of…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (409+ words) The Travis County Democratic Party elected a new chair on Saturday, two weeks after the former chair resigned under intense internal pressure, party insiders said. “It would be impossible for Talarico to win the Senate seat without winning Travis County…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (1191+ words) As U.S. immigration agents staged at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building for a monthslong deportation campaign, protesters with whistles and cellphone cameras assembled to oppose them. Two were shot and killed in the city's streets before Trump pulled back under…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (920+ words) “I think Darline’s wonderful,” said Kathy Bustos of Mount Pleasant, after attending a Republican forum last week. But that doesn't mean Bustos wants to vote for her in the state's special primary on Tuesday. “I think it’s a very nice…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (983+ words) Voters also picked a pair of Memphis-area lawmakers to square off in another vastly reconfigured U.S. House district. Trump-backed state Sen. Brent Taylor will face Democratic state Rep. Justin Pearson, who gained national prominence when he was expelled from the Tennessee…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (243+ words) UT is adding 14 professors through a new humanities center, though the university has not explained how the initiative was formed....

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (317+ words) Texas ranks among the worst states in the country to have a baby, dragged down by limited access to obstetricians, midwives and pediatric care, according to a new WalletHub analysis. The personal finance website ranked Texas 45th among the 50 states and…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (736+ words) The changes at the National Jamboree, which ends Friday, reflect shifts made by Scouting America since the organization became a target of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over what he calls “woke” policies. Some scouts who had planned to attend the…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (689+ words) Second-grade students line up after selecting books to check out in the library at Burnett Elementary School in Houston. Before children study the American Revolution, they begin learning about America through stories read in elementary school, Brian MacColl writes. Texas…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1636+ words) By all performance measures, professor Iván Chaar López was a shoo-in for tenure at the University of Texas. Tenure, a coveted status that protects professors' jobs so they can research freely without fear of retaliation, is only considered after faculty…...