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Texas state Rep. Richard Peña Raymond battled a Republican redistricting plan in 2003. He's doing it again this year but staying in Texas to fight.

Friday afternoon, members of the Texas House registered their attendance at the start of a scheduled session. The sound of a ...

Collin County voters will decide on Nov. 4 whether to create an Emergency Services District to improve fire and ambulance ...

Uvalde County commissioners vote to release records from the 2022 Robb Elementary school shooting, ending a legal battle with media organizations ...

Texas county votes to release Uvalde school shooting records, ending legal battle Vote by county commissioners will also end 2022 lawsuit filed by media companies seeking access to district records.

HOUSTON (AP) — Leaders of the county where 19 students and two teachers were killed in the 2022 shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, voted Monday to release records related to ...

County commissioners and the school district voted to release the records after a Texas appeals court on July 16 upheld a judge’s ruling that had ordered the information be made public.

Leaders of the county where 19 students and two teachers were killed in the 2022 shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, have voted to release records related to the massacre.

Social media posts claim Kerr County, an area hit hard by devastating flash floods, rejected the money from the Biden administration.

The number of people missing after the devastating Texas floods on July 4 has dropped from 97 to three in one county, according to officials.

Kerr County Commissioners Court will update on flood recovery, burn bans, and permit fees. Three remain missing; 107 confirmed dead after the July 4 flood.