Andrew Schneider

Cruz is currently polling at 55.6% to Allred's 42.3%, following one of the most-expensive congressional contests in Texas history.

Harris County Democrats won most major offices in play this year.

Similar flips occurred in other urban areas across Texas, including Dallas County where eight of the seats on the Dallas-based Fifth District Court of Appeals were won by Republicans.

The Senate Republican Conference will meet Wednesday, November 13, to choose a successor to outgoing leader Mitch McConnell.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has pledged to pass legislation in 2025 that would mandate the placement of the Ten Commandments in every public-school classroom in Texas. A federal judge just blocked a similar law in Louisiana.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has pledged to pass legislation in 2025 that would mandate the placement of the Ten Commandments in every public-school classroom in Texas. A federal judge just blocked a similar law in Louisiana.

Senate Bill 75 would start the process of protecting the grid against threats such as a massive solar storm or an electromagnetic pulse from a nuclear blast. Either would knock out power across the state for weeks at a minimum.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick aims to pass legislation to create a new state-funded institute aimed at finding treatments, and possibly a cure, for illnesses such as Alzheimer’s Disease, vascular dementia and traumatic brain injuries. Alzheimer’s alone affects hundreds of thousands of Texans and costs the state $20 billion a year.

The report's recommendations include making sure utility customers will be able to speak with a live person to get estimates and updates on power restoration during an outage.

The move follows a week of other executive orders aimed at the ruling Chinese Communist Party, including a crackdown on alleged espionage aimed at Texas' infrastructure and institutions of higher education.