Experts say it costs about $500 to train a school employee under Texas' school marshal program. But school leaders say their worries go beyond the cost.

Thousands will gather at the state GOP convention in San Antonio this week. Texas Democrats will meet in Fort Worth for their biennial meeting the following weekend. School shootings and the #MeToo movement are among the issues that could loom large at one or both events.

The money collected will go to a “dedicated testing evidence account” controlled by the state comptroller. The Governor's Criminal Justice Division will then distribute the funds to qualifying crime labs and agencies on an application basis.

As the U.S. Supreme Court ponders a Texas redistricting case, a coalition of voting and civil rights groups is pushing to establish an independent commission in which citizens, rather than lawmakers, would draw the state’s political maps.

The state law that defines residency requirements is hard to enforce. 

The doctored photo purported to show Goldberg wearing a shirt that showed President Donald Trump shooting himself. 

The Democrats, Republicans and Libertarians were the only three parties that secured statewide ballot access this year.

People along the Texas coast should consider buying insurance, packing an emergency supply kit and learning their evacuation routes now. 

This year's surge in women candidates could result in a record high percentage of female representation in Texas’ congressional delegation and the state legislature. But regardless of the outcome in November, Texas women will still fall short of equal representation in their government.

Hall, King, Lynn and McMullen counties held Democratic runoff elections but no one voted. Each county only had one Democratic matchup on their ballots: the gubernatorial race between Lupe Valdez and Andrew White.

Texas is as gun-friendly a state as they come. But how do voters feel about gun control, according to recent polls?

Asked about a report questioning whether Farenthold's recent hiring as a lobbyist for the Port of Port Lavaca may have violated the Texas Open Meetings Act, he said, "I don't know anything about it."

As thousands of students take the online STAAR assessment were booted from the testing server this week, parents and special education advocates argued that the students most affected by these glitches are the ones most ill-equipped to bounce back.

Total spending on public education has stayed relatively steady over the past decade. But who is paying for it has shifted.

Running for speaker in a chamber that's nearly two-thirds Republican seems like a long shot for Rep. Eric Johnson, D-Dallas. But there might be things he could gain other than the gavel.