Category: State News

Hurricane season is coming — and it can be deadly. Texas got its most recent glimpse of that during Hurricane Harvey, a storm that slammed the Gulf Coast in August and left Houston grappling with unprecedented flooding. Dozens of people died. The storm caused an estimated $200 billion in damage. Smaller towns that rely on tourism are still grappling with the aftermath. But everyone does need to be prepared; Hurricane season in Texas starts June 1.

Most of the seven Texas House Republican primary runoffs fell along familiar ideological fault lines in the Republican Party. The more moderate candidate won in most cases.

The proposed plant would be constructed in the city of Gregory and would be one of the first in Texas to use only seawater.

Civil rights advocates hope that the ruling by U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia could force Texas to adopt a version of online voter registration.

The state’s highest civil court said uninsured patients suing hospitals can access records detailing how much insurance companies paid for similar procedures.