The private firms who have operated the tollway will be paid $1.7 billion by TxDOT, adding to the profit they’ve already made ...

Former employees say the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality weakened the unit in the years following the onset of the ...

Mexico treaties, I trip over the word “friendship.” Ostensibly, it's like saying, “We are friends, so I’m taking your land.” ...

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While barred from most government healthcare programs, undocumented residents pay more in healthcare taxes than the entire ...

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In the last presidential election cycle, four distant years ago, Texas Democrats pursued an ambitious campaign to take control of the state House. Bolstered by millions of dollars that flooded in ...

A version of this story ran in the September / October 2024 issue. Ali Siddiq sits on stage, mic in hand, in front of a theater full of people, looking at the ground. He starts repeating the same ...

Abbott’s latest bid to expand the bounds of his authority might introduce confusion abroad, experts say.