Test scores rose slightly after math scores previously fell last year.

Democrats have struggled to find effective ways to oppose President Donald Trump, and even some Democratic voters describe the party as weak.

Every day we will see coastal showers to start, but by the afternoon commute you can see a few thunderstorms further inland. These showers will be brief but heavy dropping anywhere from half an inch to two inches.

The university confirmed the incident and said the masked rider was transported to a hospital for evaluation where she is recovering and is in good spirits.

The state can take control of a school district if at least one of its campuses receives a failing grade five years in a row.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s All-Hazards radio signal for Galveston County is back on the air.

The Harris County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public for help finding a man accused of killing his parents back in July.

Local athletes are celebrating a big win! The Boykins Youth Foundations 7v7 Elite Team returned to the Houston area from Colorado with a championship title.

Months of frustration mount for a North Katy homeowner as her tornado-damaged house remains untouched while neighbors’ repairs are complete, highlighting ongoing challenges with insurance claims after natural disasters.

Carl John Butcho II was taken into custody in Travis County on a charge of theft of property valued between $150,000 and $300,000. He also faces two other charges in Travis County.

The Harris County Pct. 4 Constable’s Office said deputies are investigating in the 20900 block of Ochre Willow Trail. This is in the Fairfield Village neighborhood.

More than 500 schools are using four-day school weeks, a dramatic increase from two years ago driven by fierce competition for educators amid a statewide teacher shortage.

In the 2024-25 school year, 14% of Texas school districts got an A, 71% got a B or a C, and 15% got a D or an F, new state data shows.

Mounted patrol officers, known as tick riders, who typically patrol the southern border to protect cattle from fever tick, will also now serve as the first line of defense against screwworm.

A man was arrested and charged in the shooting death of a 13-year-old boy after police say he fired multiple shots into a west Houston apartment on Aug. 10.

The U.S. plans to build a $750 million factory in southern Texas to breed billions of sterile flies to ramp up its efforts to keep flesh-eating maggots now in Mexico from damaging the American cattle industry.

After a pursuit spanning over a decade, Louis Armando Rojas has been extradited to Houston to face murder charges for the 2011 New Year’s Eve shooting

Tropical downpours are starting to flare up mainly south of I-10 in Thursday morning.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott called for another Texas Legislature’s special session after the first session was adjourned Friday morning after failing to make a quorum.

The second session is set to consider the same agenda that stalled in the first, with redistricting and disaster response at the top of the governor’s priorities.

The teen, reported missing earlier this week, was found unharmed on Wednesday after being allegedly picked up by the 22-year-old man she met on social media.

The Texas Education Agency released the A-F accountability ratings for Texas schools and districts for the last two school years.

Every previous public poll had shown the attorney general with a considerable lead over Texas’ incumbent senator.

Texas law bans the sale of synthetic kratom, but it isn’t enforced. Earlier this year, legislation died in the Texas House to ban the natural plant, too.

WK Kellogg Co. plans to remove artificial dyes from its breakfast cereals in the next two and a half years.

In a statement, the House Democratic Caucus said its lawyers had advised returning “to build a strong public legislative record for the upcoming legal battle” against the GOP’s map.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is calling for a special election on Nov. 4 to introduce new U.S. House maps.

The Texas Senate has passed Senate Bill 8, a bill that will make several changes to education in public schools across the state, namely replacing the STARR exam and restoring A-F public school accountability ratings.

A TDCJ bus was involved in a crash Thursday morning on FM 980 in Walker County.

A gas odor prompted an evacuation at a Conroe Independent School District elementary school Thursday morning.

A 16-year-old girl whose disappearance prompted an Amber Alert has been found safe, according to authorities.

Judge Scott Larson ruled that the Texas speaker and attorney general had “failed to present a legal basis for the court” to take up the issue.

Crime lab officials told lawmakers Wednesday they are struggling to keep up with deadlier drugs like fentanyl and a THC ban or new regulations would add to the challenge.

Increasing tariffs on foreign goods and the impact of deportations on the work force cited as job growth slows in Texas.

The family of a victim in the Hill Country floods has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a resort where she was staying.

The suspect is described as a White man, 30 years old, over 6 feet tall, with blonde hair, and a tattoo of a queen on his arm.

The school has confirmed that the threat has been neutralized, and there is no ongoing risk to students or staff.

Thankfully, no major injuries were reported, and all students were safely removed from the bus.

Republicans believe population increases in red states, such as Texas, would offset losses from not counting immigrants who lack legal status.

Five years ago, during the height of the Black Lives Matter movement, the board voted to change the high school to Legacy High. On Tuesday, it reversed course.

In this week’s episode, Matthew and Eleanor ask University of Houston law professor David Froomkin to help them break down the legal cases seeking to remove 13 Democrats from the Texas House.

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo joins KPRC 2’s Rilwan Balogun for a one-on-one conversation about the issues shaping our community.

Police say a Texas man fatally shot three people in a Target parking lot, including a child and her grandfather.

Democrats' absence has halted work in the Texas House, which must also approve the new boundaries, for more than a week.

In a dramatic turn of events, Texas Senate Democrats staged a walkout on Tuesday, challenging Governor Greg Abbott’s decision to prioritize redistricting over urgent flood relief for the state’s devastated communities.

The Aquarium said Marina was known for her fierce spirit and love of shredding phone books.

Texas, Penn State, Ohio State and Clemson would be the top four seeds in the College Football Playoff based on The Associated Press preseason Top 25 poll.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is escalating the partisan redistricting fight by asking a judge to hold progressive activist Beto O'Rourke in contempt.

Paxton sued O’Rourke and his political group, Powered by People, last week, arguing that the group was deceptively fundraising for and illegally supporting Texas Democrats’ walkout.

The governor and attorney general have asked the court to find that Democratic lawmakers abandoned their seats when they left Texas to delay a new congressional map.

A piece of Rosenberg's history was affected when the Vogelsang Building, a landmark from 1910, caught fire early Monday morning.

Police body camera footage shows desperate parents begging law enforcement officers to storm an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, in the frantic minutes after a gunman opened fire.

he incident, which took place on August 3rd on Bellow Falls Lane, has left the community seeking answers.

Since Democratic lawmakers left Texas to delay Republicans’ new map, state leaders have challenged the limits of traditional democratic norms to break the impasse.

Delivery drones are supposed to be fast, yet the long-promised technology has been slow to take off in the United States.

With no sign of Texas Democrats returning soon, Gov. Greg Abbott is threatening to call a series of special legislative sessions. He says he is authorized to call these sessions every 30 days.

School district officials have released text messages, personnel files and student records of the shooter from the 2022 attack at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, that killed 19 students and two teachers.

Police say two adults and a child have been killed in a shooting outside a Target store in Austin, Texas, and a suspect has been detained.

In the wake of several violent dog attacks across the Houston area, questions are resurfacing about leash laws, ownership responsibility, and how local ordinances attempt to prevent tragedies.

Herrera, who came within 400 votes of ousting Gonzales in a 2024 runoff, is once again positioning himself to the right of the incumbent.

The Associated Press preseason Top 25 college football poll is out and it's topped by Texas for the first time in an opening poll.

Texas Republicans are trying to reconvene the state Legislature to vote on redrawing congressional maps in their party's favor.

Details surrounding the shooting are limited.

With only a week left in the Texas special legislative session, key bills addressing crucial issues like flood relief and redistricting hang in the balance.

According to the Harris County Precinct 4 Constable's Office, stickers like "Baby on Board" or those bragging about your child’s activities can provide opportunistic thieves with clues about your schedule and lifestyle.

On August 9, a year since her disappearance, the search continues for Danielle Frazier, a Houston teen who went missing at 14.

Houston parents can save on back-to-school shopping through Texas' annual tax-free weekend from August 8-10, where essentials like clothing, backpacks, and school supplies are exempt from sales tax, provided individual items are under $100.

hese records include police service logs, 911 calls, and body-worn camera footage, offering a deeper insight into the events and the controversial police response that has been widely criticized.

Texas Republicans have escalated the penalties against Democrats as they enter a second week camped out in states across the country to block new U.S. House maps pushed for by President Donald Trump to win more seats ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

The order came at the request of Attorney General Ken Paxton, who O’Rourke accused in a separate lawsuit of going on a “fishing expedition, constitutional rights be damned.”

A massive investigation has uncovered a network of organized retail thefts linked to Mexican cartels, operating across 28 states.

The North Texas city councils said hundreds of millions of dollars were in jeopardy if they didn’t shut certain programs to comply with the Trump administration.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke and his organization, Powered by People, alleging unlawful fundraising activities and a potentially misleading financial-influence scheme to support Democratic lawmakers who fled the state to break quorum.

Whether you’re tying in for the first time or chasing your next big project, MoCo offers a space for climbers of all ages and skill levels to thrive.

Gov. Greg Abbott previously asked the court to expel Rep. Gene Wu, the House Democratic leader. Paxton disputed the governor’s authority to make the request.

At the core of the fight in Texas over redrawing the state’s congressional districts is a debate over a time-honored right spelled out in the Constitution: Every two years, “the People” get to pick someone to represent their interests in the U.S. House of Representatives.

While other universities move to preserve the advisory bodies, Texas State will abolish them under a new state law that curtails faculty’s influence on campuses.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have appeared shoulder-to-shoulder with Texas Democratic lawmakers in a show of support for their nearly weeklong walkout.

KPRC 2 Chief Meteorologist Anthony Yanez is continuing his tradition of visiting classrooms, but since becoming chief, he has had to make a few small adjustments to how they work. But he is still excited to make them happen, and if you're interested, here's what you should know.

Friendswood Police said the woman told her family members she’d been drinking earlier in the evening and was falling in and out of sleep on the ride home. They tracked her down and found her in the rideshare driver's front seat.

The annual summer break is a critical window for Texas’ senior senator, whose allies are blitzing the airwaves with ads courting primary voters — and President Donald Trump.

Democrats concede there’s only so much they can do to keep Texas from redrawing its maps. But they want to encourage blue states to retaliate.

The Associated Press has assembled a chronology of chaotic rescue efforts as a flash flood barreled through the Hill Country of Central Texas before dawn July 4.

California Democrats are rushing to schedule an election to remake U.S. House districts to counter plans to boost Republican seats in Texas.

Starting September 1st, Texas schools are implementing a new law that bans personal wireless devices during school hours.

Deputies said a woman driving a red Mustang had her car rear-ended by a truck, sending her into oncoming traffic before getting into a head-on crash with another truck hauling a trailer.

Texas’ tax-free weekend (Aug. 8–10) lets you save on most clothing, shoes, backpacks, and school supplies under $100. Jewelry, specialized gear, and items over $100 don’t qualify. See the full list of what’s included and excluded.

Car thefts are a problem across the country and Texas is at the center of the crime spree.

The attorney general is calling on the “full faith and credit” clause of the U.S. Constitution, which says states should typically honor each other’s judicial proceedings.

Did you know that some playground surfaces in Houston can get dangerously hot? KPRC 2 meteorologist Caroline Brown found that artificial turf can soar over 160 degrees, while concrete hits over 110 degrees.

Gas prices have seen some minor ups and downs during the first week of August, according to AAA Texas. Right now, the national average for a gallon of regular gasoline is $3.16. That’s up two cents from last week, but still 29 cents cheaper than this time last year.

The Texas Supreme Court said in 2021 the Constitution allows members to thwart legislation by leaving the state. Abbott wants them to reconsider.

We’ve heard from more of you who are dealing with issues of repeat power outages. You are looking for answers from CenterPoint Energy. KPRC 2 Investigates reporter Amy Davis is answering your questions and has what you need to know.

President Donald Trump is increasing pressure on Republican-led states to redraw congressional boundaries.

Texas Democratic lawmakers who left the state to block a Republican plan for congressional redistricting are pleading for donations to help cover their costs.

It’s been two decades since Jeezy dropped Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation 101, the album that redefined Southern rap and put trap music on the map. Now, 20 years later, he’s revisiting the legacy.

“Is Gene Wu back in China?” state Sen. Mayes Middleton, a Galveston Republican, posted on X on Monday — the first day the House did not reach a quorum due to the absent Democrats.

There is still no water at the newly built Willis ISD middle school, just a week before school is set to start.

This law affects students from kindergarten to 12th grade, prohibiting the use of smartphones, tablets, smartwatches, and other personal communication devices in classrooms.

Tens of thousands of U.S. college students without legal residency are losing access to in-state tuition as part of the Trump administration's crackdown on immigration.