About two-thirds of Texas prisons are not fully air conditioned, and dozens of inmates have died in the sweltering heat.
Federal trial over air conditioning in Texas prisons set to start Monday
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2026 Texas Elections
How a 27-year-old upstart unseated longtime Texas House Democrat Chris Turner
Junior Ezeonu, a Grand Prairie City Council member, defeated Turner in the Democratic primary, becoming the representative-elect for the southeast Tarrant County House district.
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State Government
After Minnesota scandal, Texas reviewed its child care spending. It found little fraud.
An investigation ordered by Gov. Greg Abbott found that less than half a percent of federal money spent on child care scholarships in Texas was considered “improper.”
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2026 Texas Elections
Ken Paxton won’t represent Comptroller Kelly Hancock in school voucher suit amid grudge match
In a Thursday letter, Paxton said Hancock jeopardized the state’s defense in the case by leaking a separate letter he sent to the AG’s office on Tuesday.
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Health care
Measles spike in federal detention facility reaches the Texas public, records show
Most of the state’s measles cases reported so far this year are inside the West Texas Detention Facility in Hudspeth County, where four infected El Paso residents worked.
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Texas Legislature 2027
Speaker Dustin Burrows lists data centers, property taxes and annexing slice of New Mexico among 2027 priorities
The Republican speaker’s interim charges also covered water resources, foreign threats and government accountability.
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Economy
Legislators, business leaders highlight Texas policies driving competition with Wall Street
The panelists at the Dallas event hosted by The Texas Tribune said “Y’all Street” is poised to become the nation’s financial capital.
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Demographics
Texas suburbs lead U.S. for population growth as international migration slows, census finds
Waller County, near Houston, was the second fastest growing county in the U.S. Another three Texas counties were among the 10 fastest growing in U.S.
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Transportation
Elon Musk company selects proposed mile-long Dallas tunnel
The Boring Company said it would begin assessing the feasibility of building an underground tunnel connecting a university with a new development.
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State Government
Texas cities, state government cancel Cesar Chavez Day in wake of report on activist
The New York Times on March 18 published allegations that the labor rights leader had sexually abused women and girls.
