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Controversial remarks by the GOP candidate cast a national spotlight on the typically quiet race for a spot on the Texas Railroad Commission.

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The Austin Democrat used the forum, absent rival Ken Paxton, to discuss policy and present himself as a moderate. Republicans cast those efforts as contrary to his record.

Voting rights groups are asking a judge to enforce a 2021 settlement aimed at providing reliable online registration through DPS.

The race to be the state’s first new agriculture commissioner in more than a decade has turned personal as both men have challenged each other’s ties to farm land.

The report also found most nonprofit facilities in Texas — which has a higher rate of medical debt than most states — will not offer refunds to patients who are later found to qualify for free care.

At least five Texas colleges are among the first in the country that can use the federal funding for jobs training.

The city argued that federal officials failed to review the environmental impact of a proposed facility that could hold 1,500 people a day.

A lawsuit will test whether Texas officials can withhold data center location details under the state Homeland Security Act.

The Transgender Education Network of Texas sent a cease and desist letter to messaging companies demanding an end to the text campaign.

Thousands of STAAR reading results improved after humans rescored students’ written answers. Most of the initial grading was done by an automated engine.