Senate bills that reduce the influence of faculties and restrict protests on college campuses were voted out of committee in a last-minute meeting Monday.

One proposal would allow the attorney general to sue cities and freeze sales tax revenues for up to 90 days.

Cleanup is underway after a strong storm system spawned hail, rain, high winds and tornadoes across the southern U.S. over the weekend.

The voter approval rate for school maintenance and construction costs dipped in 2021 after lawmakers required school boards to call them “tax increases.”

Conroe is one of the fastest growing school districts in the state. It and other districts say they need voters to OK bonds to keep up with the influx of students.

The attorney general’s fellow Republicans were about evenly split in their approval and disapproval, the University of Texas poll determined.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas, 44-year-old Timothy Lee Tyler pleaded guilty last September to distributing child pornography in 2020 and to possessing child pornography in 2019 and 2020.

In this week’s episode, we discuss the first impeachment proceedings against a sitting attorney general in Texas history.

Authorities say two people were killed and several others were hurt when a home that was under construction collapsed as strong storms hit north of Houston in the Conroe area.

The venue change comes days after a Conroe-based brewery faced threats and harassment for pulling out of the event.

The CEO of Southern Star Brewery said the cancellation was prompted primarily by concerns from local patrons rather than pressure from a “woke mob” or distributors such as H-E-B.

Authorities say a man executed more than two decades ago has been identified through DNA testing as the person who killed a Texas girl in 1979.

A 21-year-old man accused of fatally striking a prominent Galveston doctor as she rode her bicycle last week has been arrested in Seguin.

The rally in the Houston suburbs put on full display how much of a grip former President Donald Trump still has on Texas Republican leaders.

Former President Donald Trump invited Texas’ top Republicans on stage at this weekend’s “Save America” rally in the Houston area.

Authorities say a Texas man has died after falling to his death while hiking California’s Mount Whitney.

HOUSTON – Margaritaville is scheduled to open its Lake Conroe resort in the summer of 2020. The new property featuring 335 luxurious guest suites with panoramic lake views will be operated by the global hospitality company Benchmark. “The Margaritaville lifestyle brand is one of the hottest in the country, and Texas is a prime market for it,” said Songy Highroads’ chief operating officer Todd Nocerini. “The fact that the lakefront resort is an easy drive for residents of the state’s four largest markets only adds to the excitement and potential pool of guests.”The resort at Lake Conroe will be set on 186 lakefront acres. The property will include a three acre lakefront water park with a lazy river and outdoor pools.