Along the Texas border, elected officials ditch the Democrats to go red
The latest defection, of a prominent county judge to the Republican Party, signals how much the region’s politics and ...
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Why is a border county’s affordable housing unit buying property near Austin?
The housing finance corporation for Cameron County, along the southern border, plans to buy two properties in Williamson ...
Is Texas measles outbreak linked to 'border'? No evidence, officials say
A measles outbreak in West Texas has sickened at least 198 people, with 23 patients hospitalized and one dead.
Travis County DA says indictment deadlines are a challenge in Texas but evidence is slim.
The American-Statesman found that local prosecutors in other major urban counties do not routinely miss the 90-day deadline ...
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Texas lawmakers file bills targeting illegal immigration
For four years while President Joe Biden was in office, Texas lawmakers passed a variety of state laws aimed at curbing ...
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Texas measles cases rise to 223, but no new counties included in outbreak
(Liz Rymarev / Staff Photographer) Texas' measles outbreak has grown to 223 cases, the state reported Tuesday morning. The outbreak began in Gaines County, near the New Mexico border. The reported ...
Immigration buoyed population in large counties, agricultural Midwest
Immigration was the biggest factor in population growth for many booming Sun Belt counties as well as for the agricultural Midwest, according to a Stateline analysis of new U.S. Census Bureau county ...
Massive ‘haboob’ dust storm leaves drivers stranded across Texas and New Mexico
A massive dust storm buried parts of New Mexico and Texas in airborne smut Monday morning, shutting down highways and leaving nearly 900,000 residents trapped in a potentially deadly cloud.