The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) arrested a Mississippi woman for human smuggling and apprehended a special interest alien (SIA) from Afghanistan during an Operation Lone Star traffic stop …
According to the Texas DPS, the man responsible for raping at least four women between 2018 and 2024 is in custody following a joint investigation by the Texas Rangers and the Beaumont Police Department. Eric J. Gipson Sr., 40, of Beaumont, was indicted for his crimes by a Jefferson Co. jury on Aug. 20.
Texas parents will no longer have to wait weeks for a vaccine exemption form to be mailed to them if they want their children opted out of state-required …
Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed legislation redrawing Texas’ congressional map on Friday. A lawsuit challenging the redrawn districts as being racially discriminatory was filed even before …
All Texas Lottery and Charitable Bingo operations transferred to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) on September 1, 2025. The transition of the state lottery to TDLR will not …
Both the Texas House and Senate have passed a mid-decade redistricting bill that positions the GOP to pick up five additional congressional seats next year. Passage came after House Democrats ended …
FEDERICKSBURG – The National Museum of the Pacific War will host a commemorative program on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, marking the 80th anniversary of V-J Day, the day Japan formally …
AUSTIN — Governor Greg Abbott today ceremonially signed House Bill 2306 and Senate Bill 1212 into law at the Governor’s Mansion, imposing the toughest penalties on human traffickers and …
AUSTIN – Whether it’s coming home from the pool or a BBQ, summer fun can end quickly with just one bad decision. Every 23 minutes there’s a crash in Texas involving a driver under …
With a quorum-breaking number of House Democrats still out of state, House Speaker Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, gaveled the first special session to an end Friday. Gov. Greg Abbott immediately called a second special session that has already convened.
The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has rolled out a new design on Texas driver license (DL) and identification (ID) cards.
U.S. Congressman Tony Gonzales (TX-23) joined United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary, Brooke Rollins, and Governor Greg Abbott (R-Texas) in Austin on Friday, August 15th, to announce the USDA’s commitment to fund and build a domestic sterile fly production facility to enhance New World screwworm (NWS) containment and eradication efforts.
Tumbleweed Smith, originator and producer of THE SOUND OF TEXAS radio series will be inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame on November 1st in the Broadcast Museum in Kilgore.
Attorney General Ken Paxton has asked the Texas Supreme Court to remove 13 of the more than 50 House Democrats who fled the state to break quorum and effectively halt the special session to prevent a mid-decade redistricting plan, the Austin American-Statesman reported.
Pro-gun activist Brandon Herrera launched another primary challenge against Rep. Tony Gonzales this weekend, aiming to replace the three-term incumbent in Texas’ 23rd Congressional District after narrowly losing in a runoff last year.
The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is proud to announce the creation of the new Homeland Security Division following the passage of Senate Bill 36 by the 89th Texas Legislature.
Texas Democrats left the state Sunday in hopes of derailing a mid-decade redistricting plan, The Dallas Morning News reported.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced Tuesday, August 5th, that the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) received federal approval to prohibit the purchase of sweetened drinks and candy with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.
The number of people still missing in the July 4 Kerr County flood dropped to two after another body was recovered last week, the Austin American-Statesman reported.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Thursday, July 24, 2025, that U.S. Army Pfc. Nicholas Hartman, 20 of Houston, Texas, killed during World War II, was accounted for May 2, 2025.
