Texas

HOUSTON – The federal government is directing $50 million toward Houston’s power grid, with Energy Secretary Chris Wright saying the investment is aimed at reducing transmission bottlenecks and lowering electricity costs for consumers. Wright made the disclosure Tuesday at a press event hosted by CenterPoint Energy in Houston,...

Dallas police say a car dealer who finances his own sales has a pattern of illegally repossessing cars from buyers, including one Tesla that was "called in as repossessed six different times" in a single year.

Texas Longhorns athletic director Chris Del Conte has released a statement following a viral postgame incident last week.

Investigators said the small plane overturned as it was landing on the runway near the water in Galveston, with the pilot walking away and refusing medical treatment.

Subscribe to The Y’all — a weekly dispatch about the people, places and policies defining Texas, produced by Texas Tribune journalists living in communities across the state. Gov. Greg Abbott said the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department commission would not be taking up the issue of a potential...

Emiliano Andrade-Covarrubias, a 56-year-old Dallas resident and lawful green card holder, died at the Rio Grande Processing Center in Laredo, Texas, on October 17 — his daughter alleges facility staff refused to give him the medications he had brought to the detention center and repeatedly dismissed his complaints of a cough, shortness of breath, and chest tightness.

Texas voters show record turnout on the first day of early voting for the midterm election in Dallas, Harris, Collin, and Denton counties.

DALLAS — When the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge opened more than a decade ago, it connected downtown Dallas to West Dallas, one of the poorest parts of the city. With the new bridge came a spike of new development interest in the predominantly Hispanic neighborhood, once largely cut off from the city’s urban core.

A Tarrant County woman hoping to avoid long lines on the first day of early voting was surprised to learn that mailing her ballot would cost more than the price of one Forever stamp. As voters across North Texas faced lengthy waits at polling locations, Reba Henry decided to vote...

"The reason we were in the water crisis was because of their water usage."