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Recent polling from The Texas Politics Project suggests Democratic U.S. Senate nominee James Talarico is performing better with Black voters than his predecessors were at this point in their campaigns.

Recent polling from The Texas Politics Project suggests Democratic U.S. Senate nominee James Talarico is performing better with Black voters than his predecessors were at this point in their campaigns.

Nearly a year after deadly flooding prompted Texas lawmakers to overhaul the state's flood preparedness laws, officials say some of those changes are already helping. But many of the state's biggest flood mitigation projects remain years from completion.

Gov. Greg Abbott and Texas emergency management officials are warning residents along the state's elevated rivers to stay vigilant into the weekend.

At least two people were killed and 230 rescued after 30 inches of rain fell over several days across the Texas Hill Country and South-Central Texas. Gov. Greg Abbott issued a major disaster declaration for 28 heavily impacted counties, as recovery efforts are underway.

Published July 28, 2026 at 8:54 AM CDT Back in 2013, the Texas Legislature created a tax incentive designed to encourage companies to build large data centers in the state.

There are now operating and planned data centers across Texas, of which are in the state's tax break program, according to published reports, with only 20 audited so far.

Conversations at the UnidosUS conference in Austin revealed growing frustration over housing costs, food prices and immigration enforcement as Democrats and Republicans compete for one of the country's fastest-growing voting blocs.

More than a thousand people gathered at the Fairmont Austin last week for the annual UnidosUS conference, where one question surfaced repeatedly: How

As Republicans prepare for the party's first national midterm convention in Dallas, we asked Texas Republicans what — and who — defines the Lone Star State's GOP in 2026.