Category: State News

Watson is leaving office to become the first dean of the University of Houston’s Hobby School of Public Affairs. Watson’s early departure will set off a special election to serve the rest of the term, which will end in 2023.

A review of With Honor PAC’s board and financiers includes billionaire Democrats Jeff Bezos and Michael Bloomberg, along with anti-Trump Republican allies.

Experts say that as more high-income Texans rent, prices on existing homes are driven up. Meanwhile, the number of expensive units in the state is increasing as more affordable homes disappear.

Houston was rocked by a large explosion in the early dark hours of Friday morning, which could be felt for miles across the city, when a manufacturing facility in the northwest erupted in a massive fireball. 

After much flip-flopping, a $569 million Midland ISD school bond election failed by 26 votes now that county workers have taken into account ballots found in a missing box located weeks after Election Day.