Texas Senate committee holds meeting over reliability of state power grid

Both Democrats and Republicans in a Texas Senate committee agreed there needs to be more oversight of the oil and gas industry. The concerns were about the role natural gas providers played during last year's deadly winter storm disaster.

Legal battle continues over whether gender-transitioning care for Texas trans youth is 'child abuse'

Governor Greg Abbott wants the state to investigate parents of transgender kids, who may be getting "gender-affirming healthcare." Civil rights groups sued, and the state is fighting back.

Harris County Primary Election vote count completed following lawsuit

Harris County has released the county’s unofficial election results from the March 1 primary following a pause in the ballot counting on Wednesday evening when a lawsuit was filed.

Rep. Van Taylor admits affair, abandons U.S. House reelection bid

A report says the mistress Van Taylor was involved with is a former jihadist who was living in North Texas and met Taylor when she wanted to get involved in helping fight Islamic extremism.

Computer glitch to blame for delayed Tarrant County election results

Election officials say the issue was that voting data could not be transmitted and processed electronically from the polling locations to elections headquarters.

Van Taylor headed to runoff in U.S. House District 3 Republican primary race

Rep. Van Taylor was one of the few incumbent Republicans not endorsed by former President Donald Trump after rejecting Trump's false claims that he won the 2020 election.

Tarrant County Judge: Tim O'Hare defeats Betsy Price

Fort Worth's longest serving mayor lost the Republican nomination for Tarrant County judge. Betsy Price was defeated by a candidate who accused her of being a liberal.

Texas Attorney General primary results: Ken Paxton forced into runoff

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will have to win the GOP nomination in a runoff. He's seeking his third term as AG amid legal woes and accusations of abuse of his office.

2022 Texas Governor election: Abbott versus Beto

The primaries are over, leaving just two candidates standing in the race for the top spot in Texas. Greg Abbott and Beto O'Rourke will face off in November.

2022 Texas Primary Election: What you need to know to vote on March 1

Today is the 2022 Texas Primary Election. We've put together a guide with everything you need to know about voting including candidate info, sample ballot links and voting locations.

The Trump factor to play heavily in midterm elections, political experts say

Chances are you’ve seen attack ads on repeat with the election being Tuesday. We wanted to take a look at the ‘Trump factor’ and if the weight of the former president could impact the outcome in some races.

Texas primary is George P. Bush's biggest test yet in GOP

It’s a heated race that, if George P. Bush doesn’t win, will take America’s most enduring political family out of elected office for one of the few times in the last 50 years.

Dallas Democrats granted early voting extension due to winter storm closures

A temporary restraining order has been granted to allow Dallas County polling places to stay open until 10 p.m. Friday after some polling places opened late or were closed altogether earlier this week because of bad weather.

3 Texas GOP attorney general candidates debate without Ken Paxton

The fight for the Texas attorney general job got heated during a debate Thursday night. But the man who holds the position now was a no-show.

Gov. Abbott's order treats gender-transitioning care for trans youth as ‘child abuse’

Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered the state’s child welfare agency to investigate reports of gender-confirming care for kids as abuse, a directive that opponents say is a first by any governor over GOP efforts to restrict transgender rights.

Confidence in Texas electoral process is increasing, latest DMN/ UT-Tyler poll shows

There was nothing shocking in terms of the most important issue for voters, especially those in the Republican primary. But when it comes to how Texans feel about fairness and accuracy of vote counting in this election, the replies might not be what you would expect considering we've heard so much about election integrity in Texas.