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In the most recent November election, Houston faced a concerning decline in voter turnout, with less than 18% of registered voters casting their ballots.

Brandice Canes-Wrone is the Maurice R. Greenberg Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and a professor in the Political Science department at Stanford. Canes-Wrone is the founding director of the Hoover Institution Center for Revitalizing American Institutions. Her current research focuses...

In the most recent November election, Houston faced a concerning decline in voter turnout, with less than 18% of registered voters casting their ballots.

One of the bills that drew the most attention was House Bill 4, which if passed would allow law enforcement to arrest, apprehend or send back immigrants who cross the border illegally.

The Texas Senate voted to acquit Attorney General Ken Paxton on all 16 articles of impeachment. Paxton was accused of bribery, misconduct of office and destruction of justice. 

This week could see record-breaking temperatures and the first official heat wave of the year in the Wyoming Valley, according to the National Weather Service.

The Texas Legislature completed its 88th session and passed a series of bills that could significantly impact higher education in the state.

Hundreds of mail-in ballots were flagged with many Texans casting their votes by mail blamed for failing to comply with new voting laws.