By Gabby Birenbaum and Kayla Guo, The Texas Tribune February 5, 2026 Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. This is one of a four-part series of surveys featuring candidates in the Democratic and Republican primaries for U.S. Senate and…

By Gabby Birenbaum, The Texas Tribune February 5, 2026 State Rep. Briscoe Cain and former Harris County judge candidate Alex Mealer are the frontrunners for a newly drawn Republican-leaning congressional seat in east Harris County that contains some of Texas’ biggest economic engines. Cain, who has represented part of the area in the Texas House…

By Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune November 11, 2025 Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Bexar County on Wednesday to shut down a program that uses county funds to help undocumented people access legal support. In December, a judge rejected a similar lawsuit Paxton’s office filed against Harris County. Bexar County, home to San Antonio, allocated…

By Ayden Runnels, The Texas Tribune February 4, 2026 A federal district judge on Wednesday declared a 2021 law restricting state investments in companies boycotting the fossil fuel industry unconstitutional, calling it “facially overbroad” and citing First and Fourteenth Amendment concerns. Legislators passed Senate Bill 13 as a way of discouraging divestment from oil and…

By Jessica Priest, The Texas Tribune February 4, 2026 Months after Texas A&M fired a professor over a gender identity lesson, she is suing the university, alleging administrators knowingly violated her free speech and due process rights to appease political critics. In a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday in Houston, former A&M lecturer Melissa McCoul added…

Dallas, TX - Texans made their enthusiasm for school choice crystal clear Wednesday when they turned out in force to apply for the Texas Education Freedom Accounts (TEFA) program. More than 35,000 applications were submitted by Wednesday evening, making it the largest day-one school choice program launch to date.   Thousands of applications poured in within an hour of the TEFA…

Kilgore College will host the 63rd annual East Texas Regional Science Fair on Friday, Feb. 6, showcasing local science fair winners from area schools in grades 6-12 who have been invited to compete. Science projects will be available for public viewing from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Middle school projects will be displayed on the pickleball…

Are you ready for Super Bowl LX? Whether you’re cheering for the New England Patriots or the Seattle Seahawks, safety should be your top priority. AAA Texas is urging fans to plan ahead this Super Bowl Sunday to prevent impaired driving across the Lone Star State. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),…