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Texas counties sue feds for trying to tie election security policies to anti-terrorism funding

El Paso and Harris counties joined cities in Tennessee and Ohio in the suit arguing the new requirements are unconstitutional and would cost millions to implement.

Feds pausing Big Bend border construction while CBP commissioner visits the park

It was not immediately clear how long CBP plans to implement the pause. The Trump administration had announced plans to build an access road and vehicle barriers in the park.

Texas cities eye property tax hikes, spending cuts amid yawning budget gaps

Rising costs, slowing tax revenue and a sluggish economy have saddled some of Texas’ biggest cities with multimillion-dollar deficits.

Can Austin break the costly cycle of homelessness, jail and crisis? A new program aims to do that.

Austin's No Wrong Door initiative targets a costly cycle of homelessness and arrests by connecting people with long-term support.

Fifth Circuit reaffirms death row inmate Brittany Holberg’s conviction

A three-judge panel of the court had reversed Holberg’s sentence in 2025, but Friday’s split decision will keep the district court’s decision to affirm her conviction.

Greg Abbott threatens Dallas, Houston airports’ grant funds over Islamic washing facilities

DFW said late Friday that plans to install the religious washing station had been canceled.

Texas will audit up to 300 projects, mostly data centers, after Gov. Greg Abbott’s order

The state’s power grid operator had already planned on auditing several data center proposals, but Abbott’s directive reworks the timeline and adds new requirements.

As the only Texas district to trigger potential state takeover, Austin ISD’s future now in TEA’s hands

Two middle schools received their fifth consecutive F grades from the Texas Education Agency.

Look up your Texas school’s A-F accountability grade, STAAR performance

Texas grades public schools largely on how well students perform on the STAAR tests.

Lawsuit seeks to stop Big Bend border wall construction

A tribal nonprofit and an outdoor recreation company filed the federal lawsuit, arguing the work threatens archeological sites and sacred grounds.

Texas’ school A-F grades relatively flat as Austin ISD inches closer to takeover

Austin ISD had two campuses failing state ratings for five consecutive years.

Data center audit lacks specifics even as Gov. Abbott, industry leaders tout it

Without key details on the audits but the eagerness to support them, policy watchers question how impactful these audits will be in curbing data center growth.

Limits on certain firearms, silencers lifted for some in Texas after judge’s order takes effect

The Trump administration declined to immediately appeal a ruling by a federal judge in Lubbock that invalidated parts of the 1934 National Firearms Act.

UT-Austin overhauling core classes but hasn’t detailed how new center relates to the courses

UT-Austin proposes big changes to how future students meet graduation requirements as questions persist about a new Center for Humanities.

Federal judge extends pause on border wall construction at South Texas wildlife refuge

An irrigation district claims border wall construction is damaging its property and canal.

Houston law firm with Trump ties declines $150 million contract to represent migrant children

The administration had offered the contract to the Burke Law Group, which has little experience in immigration.

Gov. Greg Abbott proposes further limiting screen time in K-12 classrooms

The proposal, which would have to be passed by the Legislature, follows a ban on cellphone use in K-12 schools approved by lawmakers last year.

U.S. attorney confirms that FBI tests didn’t find meth in van driven by man fatally shot by ICE in Houston

Aaron Reitz did not reveal what FBI testing found in bags taken from Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s van after his July 7 shooting death. Other men in the van said the bags contained salt.

Which families are using ESAs? Here’s what we know about Texas’ first school vouchers

The number of Texas students using taxpayer money for private school or home-school could increase as more families accept invites.

Families ask U.S. Supreme Court to rule on Texas’ Ten Commandments requirement for public schools

Texas can enforce the state's law requiring Ten Commandments posters in public schools. Here's what to know about the latest legal challenges.