Robert Downen

Shaimaa Zayan, who works for the Austin chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, urged the Texas State Board of Education to reconsider its curriculum changes.

With a prayer house across the street from the U.S. Supreme Court building, leaders of the Fort Worth–based Mercy Culture Church are taking their spiritual battle to Washington, D.C.

In a runoff election for Texas Senate District 9, which has not elected a Democrat since 1991, Taylor Rehmet is betting his pro-labor message can flip disillusioned voters.

Taylor Rehmet’s victory over Leigh Wambsganss in a state Senate special election was low turnout, but the numbers send a message.

Farris Wilks once flooded the Texas GOP primaries with cash, contributing to the state's rightward shift. This year, he was largely absent.

Jones joins other right-wing figures whose public conspiracizing has come back to bite them.

The State Board of Education meets this week to vote on a K–12 curriculum some experts warn elevates Christianity over other faiths.

Muslim delegates at the party’s convention faced multiple attempts to eject them from the premises—at one point, they were told to leave the country.

A photo essay from the Texas GOP convention in Houston.

By a vote of TK to TK, the board passed standards that insert a number of biblical readings and Christian themes into the state's history requirements.