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.

A sledding accident has resulted in the death of one teenager and left another in critical condition, according to the Frisco Police Department.

Abbott issued disaster declarations Thursday for more than 130 counties ahead of a winter freeze expected to sweep into Texas over the coming days. "The goal is to make it through with no life lost," the governor said.

Immigration officials initially said the 55-year-old Cuban detainee died of “medical distress” but later changed the cause to suicide. The medical examiner ruled he was suffocated while being restrained.

A Nueces County jury acquitted former Uvalde CISD police officer Adrian Gonzales on all charges, ending the first criminal case tied to the law enforcement response to the 2022 Robb Elementary School shooting.