Why is a little-known GOP candidate getting such big-name support in her effort to unseat Harris County’s Lina Hidalgo? It could be a dry run for the party’s next wave of messaging.

Letitia Plummer asks the powers that be in Texas to decide: stick with the old, or bring in someone new.

“What are we going to do, stone women next?”

Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale likes making viral videos and huge bets on Houston sports teams. He’s also spending big to push the state even further right.

Pervez Agwan wanted to unseat centrist Lizzie Fletcher in Houston. His campaign has been rocked by mass resignations, a lawsuit, and an arrest.

Disappointed in Mayor Sylvester Turner, progressives wonder if they’ll be stuck with John Whitmire, a pro-labor conservative Democrat.

The Texas governor wants to make a big name for himself in the conservative movement, and students are being left behind.

Simple overall stats don’t show the truth of the housing crisis.

After decades in operation, Crime Stoppers’ role in shaping policy and public perception on criminal justice has received little scrutiny.

Activists are beating back Republicans’ virulent attacks on trans rights. But the battle is costing the trans community.

Reformer district attorneys are changing criminal justice in ways legislatures can’t.

Opposition to the president in Orange County has boosted hopes of a wave election this fall. But Democrats need more than anti-Trump anger to win.

In Texas and Florida, political activists are “living socialism” with their disaster-relief efforts.

74 incidents of excess air pollution have been reported since the hurricane hit, totaling more than one million pounds of emissions. More is on the way.

What happens when a Texas community college opens a campus 8,000 miles from home?

The rejection of an anti-discrimination ordinance in Houston marks the return of an old culture war tactic