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Texas lawmakers have filed thousands of bills in the 2025 legislative session. Here are the key bills that have passed so far ...

Traffic diverted from Interstate 35W to the frontage road after an early morning crash near Dale Earnhardt Way.

La Vega and Temple ISDs launch summer feeding programs offering free meals, while TxDOT begins Highway 174 work in Bosque County and Bell County's Temple health clinic closes.

Have you been injured in a car accident in Houston? Houston consistently ranks among the top cities in Texas for vehicle ...

These grant terminations undermine decades of science on gender diversity by dismissing research findings and purging data. During Trump’s current term, the NIH’s Sexual and Gender Minority Research ...

The southbound lanes of I-35W by Texas Motor Speedway shut down early Monday morning due to a crash involving an 18-wheeler.

BEXAR COUNTY, Texas — Texas State residents participated in a significant cleanup effort as part of the global non-profit ...

Senate Bill 8 would further expand the state’s role in enforcing immigration laws, long the sole jurisdiction of the federal ...