From RaTmasTer to kingmaker: How Jonathan Stickland trolled his way to Texas GOP power
In his teens and his 20s, Stickland was a prolific internet troll. But instead of growing out of it, he would make a career of it โ ascending to the role of a conservative Texas powerbroker, before taking heat for hosting a meeting with white supremacist Nick Fuentes.
World Series MVP Seager takes swipe at rival as Rangers celebrate 1st title with huge parade
Hundreds of thousands Texas Rangers fans lined up and stacked dozens deep in some areas along a 2-mile route near the teamโs ballpark for a parade Friday to celebrate the franchiseโs first World Series championship.
Traveling to Arlington for the ALCS? 15 things beyond baseball to keep you entertained
If your traveling to Alington for the American League Championship Series, you may be planning to spend all your pregame hours tailgating. But how about exploring some of the attractions that make the area special?
Legal fight over Texas law banning transgender health care for youth centers on whether treatments help or hurt
Texas families and health care providers sued the state over Senate Bill 14, which restricts transgender youth from accessing gender-affirming care. The groups are requesting an injunction from a state district court judge before the law goes into effect on Sept. 1.
Body-cam footage of police response to Allen Premium Outlets shooting released
Following a no-bill by a grand jury regarding the use of force in response to a shooting at the Allen Premium Outlets on May 6, the Allen Police Department has released body-cam footage from the first officer to respond to the gunfire.
Cleanup begins after tornadoes hit in Texas and Florida, killing 4 and destroying homes
Cleanup efforts were beginning Friday morning after severe storms spawned tornadoes that left at least four dead, three in the Texas Panhandle and one in the Florida Panhandle as another series of fierce storms carved its way through Southern states.
Where Texas redistricting lawsuits stand after U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Alabama case
The high court left intact a key provision of the federal Voting Rights Act in a case many feared would go the other way. The decisionโs importance in ongoing litigation over Texasโ political maps will largely be felt in what didnโt happen.
$100K bond set for Texas superintendent charged for planning to drive to Houston to meet teen girl for sex
The superintendent for Itasca ISD, located in north Texas near Dallas, has been arrested and charged after authorities say he planned to travel to the Houston area to engage in sexual acts with a 15-year-old.
Complaint alleges Rep. Bryan Slaton had โinappropriate relationshipโ with an intern
The complaint came after an incident in which Slaton and the staffer allegedly met up at his Austin apartment last weekend. A separate staffer told The Texas Tribune that Slaton drank alcohol with an intern under 21 years old.
Texas GOP lawmaker hires Christian nationalist who called for drag show attendees to be executed
State Rep. Tony Tinderholt, R-Arlington, hired Jake Neidert, 22, last month as his officeโs legislative director amid a wave of anti-LGBTQ violence and rhetoric and ahead of an impending legislative session that is expected to focus heavily on anti-trans bills.
New Texas maternal mortality report shows disparities persist
The Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee report, delayed by more than three months, estimates that up to 90% of the deaths may have been preventable. Severe complications from pregnancy and childbirth also increased significantly.
Texas Democrats admit to faltering on messaging and voter turnout, contributing to resounding midterm losses
Beto OโRourke lost by double-digits on Tuesday night and so did every other statewide Democrat. That has left Democrats in a familiar position: wounded after a disappointing election night while contemplating their strategy and their future.
Uvalde schools get $442,000 from John Cornynโs federal gun safety law
The gun safety law allocates $100 million for a Department of Justice grant program for school districts to invest in safety programs and technology. Twenty-eight Texas school districts were awarded grants through the program, totaling almost $8 million.
Texas bans many proven tools for helping drug users. Advocates are handing them out anyway.
As overdoses skyrocketed amid the pandemic and the fentanyl crisis, advocates across the state are working discreetly to distribute these supplies as part of a practice to combat substance use disorder known as harm reduction.
2 constables, 4 police chiefs and over 3,000 other Texans were members of the Oath Keepers, report says
A recent analysis of Oath Keepersโ membership rolls leaked last year found that Texas had more members of the far-right extremist group than any other state โ and the most who worked as elected officials, law enforcement officers or members of the military.
Texan Kellye SoRelle, lawyer for Oath Keepers, is charged in Jan. 6 insurrection
Federal prosecutors in part allege the Granbury attorney destroyed and hid potential evidence to obstruct the criminal investigation into the 2021 U.S. Capitol attack, indicting her on a charge of tampering with documents.
More Black Americans live in Texas than any other state. Two years after George Floydโs murder, many reconsider their future here.
In interviews, Black Texans expressed frustration over uneven progress, restrictions on teaching about racism in public schools and limitations on their political representation and voting access.
Almost 600 Texas youths are trapped in a juvenile prison system on the brink of collapse
The agency is so understaffed that teens have reported spending up to 23 hours locked in their cells, using water bottles to go to the bathroom. A staggering number have hurt themselves or been placed on suicide watch.
Watch live: 10 homes destroyed, at least 20 damaged after flames from grass fire sweep Dallas area neighborhood, officials say
More than a dozen structures, including homes, have been damaged or destroyed after flames from a grass fire swept through a Dallas area neighborhood, according to NBCDFW.com.