State government

Texans hoping to participate in the Nov. 5 election have until Oct. 7 to register to vote.

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Abbott’s office lamented reports of “violence, used needles, and feces littering the streets of Austin and endangering Texas residents.”

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Here's a look back at the 2019 Texas Tribune Festival through the eyes of Tribune photographers.

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The university said in a statement it has "implemented university-wide processes to help ensure accurate crime statistics reporting moving forward."

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The Granbury Republican announced Wednesday he wasn't seeking another term in the House and was instead running for county commissioner, but he has since changed course.

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A new state law limits the ability of local governments to raise property taxes without voter approval — but not yet. And some are rushing to get one last big increase.

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The governor's executive orders after shootings in El Paso and West Texas are meant to address gun violence without gun control. But a Department of Public Safety network he tapped says it needs more resources — and is remaining mum on how it operates.

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Here's where you can find all the videos of panels that were livestreamed from the 2019 Texas Tribune Festival.

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A new law increased the punishment for failing to stop and render aid to match the sentence for DWI manslaughter. The goal is to deter drunken drivers from leaving the scene of an accident.

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Her lawyers say if her sentence stands, it could discourage low-information voters from going to the polls at all.

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The Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority and property owners in Guadalupe and Gonzales Counties agreed to not drain four lakes held up by 90-year-old dams, on the condition that recreational use of the lakes is banned.

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Castro hasn’t always been a liberal darling on border issues: In 2013, he gave a full-throated endorsement of the border and immigration policies advocated by Obama and touted the completion of enforcement measures that included fencing along the U.S-Mexico border.

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The showdown early in the debate came after Biden criticized the "Medicare for All" health care plan touted by U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders.

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The lineup and setting of Thursday’s debate couldn’t be more symbolic of the case Democrats will make as they argue for how they can flip Texas — which President Donald Trump won by 9 percentage points in 2016 — next year.

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The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality denied a permit request by a company seeking to open a hazardous waste processing facility near the Colorado River, citing concerns of contamination to both surface and ground water in the region.

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Keller, who succeeds Raymund Paredes, will begin Oct. 1.

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Two floodgate failures on 90-year-old Guadalupe River Valley dams — and the plan to lower the remaining four — are highlighting Texas' underfunded, aging flood infrastructure.

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The lawsuit, filed by five area residents, cites state legislation passed this year that outlaws government retaliation based on “membership in and support to religious organizations.”

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The frequent allies traded jabs in the wake of two mass shootings in Texas.

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West, running in the increasingly crowded Democratic field to take on Republican U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, also disclosed in federal forms that he's in business with a company run by a Republican megadonor.

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