The Williamson County Commissioners Court has appointed Steven Snell to serve as county judge. His appointment comes a little more than two weeks after former County Judge Bill Gravell resigned to take a job with the Trump administration.

Austin City Council can rest easy: Texas isn't going to take over the capital city.

The public broadcasting CEOs defended their networks against accusations from House Republicans of bias in news and cultural programming.

Next step will be action in the state House, where budget writers have different plans for distributing property tax help.

The money would have gone to help finish the Waterloo Greenway and to projects that help domestic violence survivors and people transitioning out of homelessness.

Abortion is legal in Texas only when the life of the mother or a “major bodily function” is at risk. Doctors, who could face prison time for performing an abortion, have been seeking clarification on the exception.

The Texas House impeached Attorney General Ken Paxton with bipartisan approval in May 2023. The Texas Senate ultimately voted to acquit him.

The investigation was triggered by a federal judge, who questioned the state’s recordkeeping. Inmates are suing the state, alleging the heat inside the state’s dozens of un-air conditioned prisons is dangerous.

The Trump administration has already moved to cut the department's staff by nearly half.

Senate Bill 10 passed late Wednesday on a party-line vote. Democrats condemned the measure as unconstitutional and a threat to religious liberty.