Texas’ fourth largest city, Fort Worth, will elect its mayor for the next two years on May 3, 2025 from a pool of eight candidates. Current Mayor Mattie Parker will be running for a third consecutive ...

Teacher pay raises as part of the “Texas Teacher Bill of Rights” were taken up on the Senate floor Wednesday, where lawmakers in the upper chamber debated this emergency item for Gov. Greg Abbott. “We ...

Attorneys for Azael “Oz” Sepulveda, a small business owner in Pasadena, are calling on the city to honor a settlement agreement in a dispute over parking spaces that has dragged on for years, as the ...

Legislation was filed by a Texas lawmaker to prohibit public libraries from receiving state funding if found to be hosting what’s called “drag queen story hours” for children, and the bill was heard ...

A pair of bills were taken up in the Texas Senate Health and Human Services (HHS) Committee on Wednesday, where doctors, health advocates, and lawmakers highlighted the growing concerns over ...

The Tarrant Appraisal District (TAD) board has received four resolutions from school districts seeking reappraisals in 2025. Castleberry, Everman, Azle, and Fort Worth Independent School Districts ...

The Texas Lottery Commission (TLC) is undergoing increased scrutiny, with all three branches of the state government now announcing investigations into recent “winners” and ticket courier services.

A bill has been filed in the Texas House that would allow a property owner to disable, destroy, or damage unmanned aircraft flying over their property — both a pressing concern for any Texans who have ...

Two years after a stalemate over property taxes, the two chambers of the Texas Legislature again have differing blueprints for applying the at least $10 billion in relief called for by Gov. Greg ...

A Texas rancher was killed by an improvised explosive device (IED) on his property which Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller warns is a sign of the “growing threat” of cartel activity along the ...

The Fort Worth Independent School District (ISD) Board will consider closing between 14 and 25 different schools in the coming months. Disclosure: Unlike almost every other media outlet, The Texan is ...

One of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s top legislative priorities, the Dementia Prevention Research Institute of Texas (DPRIT), has been filed in the Texas Senate. Patrick first proposed DPRIT in November 2024 ...