Texas House and Senate panels have advanced a suite of bills aimed at improving early warning systems, expanding emergency ...

The federal agency is rehiring to fill vacant roles after hundreds of employees were either laid off or offered buyouts or ...

Democrats have left Texas for a second time in four years in an effort to block a vote by denying the legislature a quorum.

The lawmakers’ absence means the lower chamber won’t have enough members present to function, stalling passage of a draft map ...

This corrupt special session is over,” said Democratic leader Gene Wu, less than a day before House Republicans are set to ...

The former El Paso congressman also contributed to House Democrats’ 2021 quorum break. A PAC backed by Democratic donor ...

At the governor’s mansion Monday evening, about 100 Texans hastily gathered to cheer for quorum-busting statehouse Democrats ...

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Texas state House Democrats plan to leave to break quorum of a special session in which Republicans aim to pass a new ...

The July 4 flash flood killed 137 in the Texas Hill Country, with 108 reported dead in Kerr County, including 37 children.

Closing your eyes during a sneeze is an autonomic reflex. This means that your body does it without you needing to consciously think about it. Scientists believe that your body makes your eyes close ...