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A new NASA model visualization traces brown-carbon smoke from July 14 through July 20 as unhealthy air spread through major U.S. and Canadian cities.
District Attorney Sarah Stogner says her office is investigating mailers sent to student members of a Texas household that claimed to come from a transgender student group. The sender remains unknown; no finding of wrongdoing has been announced.
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24 stories in this desk.Updated Oct. 23: Nearly 328,000 people had voted in Harris County through day three, extending a record-setting opening pace. Early voting continues through Oct. 30.
For eligible Texas voters seeking a mail ballot for Nov. 3, the county clerk must receive the application by Friday, Oct. 23; a postmark by that date is not enough.
FEMA rejected Texas’s request for direct household aid after July 2026 floods in Uvalde and Kerr counties; state officials say they are reviewing an appeal.
City Council unanimously approved a new $5.5 million appropriation, lifting Houston’s smart-meter contract to $43.5 million as billing complaints and aging equipment persist.
The Comptroller’s Office says Texas FIRST is a new statewide unit focused on public corruption, government fraud, sales-tax fraud and unclaimed-property fraud. The announcement describes its mission, not any newly disclosed case or finding.
Federal prosecutors charged the elected assessor and two others in an alleged scheme involving county payroll. An indictment is an accusation, and all defendants are presumed innocent.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed Ronald Lee Haskell’s conviction and death sentence on direct appeal, finding no reversible error in the issues before it.
The administration filed an emergency Supreme Court application seeking to lift the injunction; construction remains paused unless the Court grants relief.
A federal civil settlement requires multi-year reporting and compliance reforms; Dallas ISD disputes the government’s legal interpretation.
A proposed rule change would exempt electronic health-record systems, patient portals and related services from Texas sales tax after a public-comment period.
Eligible Texans have until Monday, October 5, to register or update their information for the November 3 general election.
A federal judge denied an injunction that sought to halt a South Texas land exchange involving SpaceX, allowing the transaction to move forward while the underlying environmental challenge continues.
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