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On Sunday, August 15, my fiancée and I were flying home from a trip to visit some loved ones up in Minneapolis. Weeks prior, we decided to book a return path home that had one plane change, a cute little one hour layover at Chicago’s Midway Airport we figured wouldn’t make our trip too much more stressful in the end (and would be a tad cheaper than a direct flight to boot). We prayed nothing would go wrong; in the end, nearly everything did.

Folks who get called in for jury duty in Harris County can expect a few extra perks coming their way in the weeks ahead, as the county Commissioners Court recently approved a new proposal giving free parking, coffee and lunch to prospective jurors. Harris County District Clerk Marilyn Burgess, who submitted the...

All Texas has to show following the murder of George Floyd and the furor that followed are a few token changes to state policing regulations that reform advocates believe don’t go nearly far enough, and that likely wouldn’t prevent a similar tragedy from unfolding in the Lone Star State. A sweeping set of police...

For all the noise made by a group of Houston Methodist nurses and other workers who opposed the hospital's coronavirus vaccine mandate — including the dozens who protested outside the hospital’s Baytown branch Monday night and the 117 employees who have sued Houston Methodist for requiring COVID-19 vaccinations —...

After months of hinting, Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush has finally announced his plan to take on beleaguered Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in a bid to become the state’s top law enforcer. At a campaign-kick off event in Austin Wednesday night, Bush leaned hard into the multiple legal controversies...

As nasty weather kept blowing in over Houston and surrounding areas, thousands of local residents had lost power to their homes as of Thursday afternoon. According to CenterPoint Energy’s local outage tracker, 10,426 electricity customers were powerless across the greater Houston region as of 2:33 p.m. Thursday. By 2:53 p.m. the number of local outages had dropped down to 7,614, but those residents who still have their lights on should be aware that local weather forecasts predict more potent...

All the commotion over Texas Republicans’ failed attempt to push through new voting restrictions in the dying days of the 2021 state legislative session was all most Austin-watchers could talk about through Memorial Day weekend. But the high-profile scuttling of Senate Bill 7 at the hands of Texas Democrats who...

Phelan said the Democratic walkout also doomed the passage of bills “to ban no-knock warrants, reform our bail system, and invest in the mental health of Texans.” “Texans shouldn’t have to pay the consequences of these members’ actions — or in this case, inaction — especially at a time when a majority of Texans have exhibited clear and express support for making our elections stronger and more secure,” Phelan wrote. But in a speech to his colleagues right before the House offici...

Gov. Greg Abbott Abbott was so angry that House Democrats were able to block the passage of Senate Bill 7 — the controversial election reforms Republicans tried to push through following former President Donald Trump’s unfounded voter fraud claims — that he vowed Monday afternoon to use his veto power over the...

Instead of enjoying Memorial Day weekend, Texas lawmakers have been working through the night in a sprint to push forward several big-ticket bills before the legally-mandated closing time of the 2021 legislative session at 11:59 p.m. Monday. Most notably, the Republican-majority Legislature is still on track to...