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Cody Bjornson/Marfa Public RadioThe Trump administration's "Smart Wall" plan was expanded in recent days to include the potential for border wall construction within Big Bend National Park, according to a map of border projects from U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Big Bend-area residents have started organizing against the plan. -
ReutersElana Meyers Taylor captured gold Monday in the women's monobob at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.
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Austin city leaders said at a community meeting that it's illegal to tell police they can't call ICE. Many who oppose Trump's immigration crackdown want them to do it anyway. -
Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against the Muslim Brotherhood, the Council on American-Islamic Relations and its local Texas chapters, asking a court to shut them down. His office previously argued the local chapters were not part of Texas' foreign terrorist designation. -
The course includes examples of when abortion is permitted to protect the life of the patient, but many experts say the complications women face in pregnancy are impossible to capture in a brief presentation. -
The state education agency issued guidance to districts after Gov. Greg Abbott directed its commissioner to investigate the student protests of killings by federal agents. -
Applications will close March 17, with funding notifications sent to families beginning in early April. The rollout follows a yearslong battle at the Capitol and marks a major victory for the governor after repeated failed attempts to pass similar legislation. -
A new comprehensive analysis of state data shows Texas prisons get so hot in summer that temperatures there would routinely violate state standards for other types of lockups. The state will be back in federal court to defend the conditions behind bars. -
Voters get to decide who will appear on the November ballot for a range of elected offices, from governor to the U.S. House and Senate. -
Texas Department of Public Safety troopers arrived in riot gear in Dilley on Wednesday as protesters gathered outside the South Texas Family Residential Center to draw attention to the detention of a five-year-old boy from the Minneapolis area being held at the ICE facility. -
The girl in critical condition after Sunday's sledding accident died. The investigation is ongoing. -
The governor said public universities and state agencies may not seek new visas without Texas Workforce Commission permission through the end of the 2027 legislative session.
