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A new NASA model visualization traces brown-carbon smoke from July 14 through July 20 as unhealthy air spread through major U.S. and Canadian cities.
Houston’s executive order directs police to contact ICE about an administrative warrant only when a person is already going to jail on new charges or another warrant.
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28 stories in this desk.Austin ISD says it has suspended participation in the comptroller’s review, questioning the scope of records and interview requests. The comptroller’s office says the review will proceed without the district.
Updated Nov. 9: The Supreme Court has temporarily paused the lower-court injunction, allowing construction to resume while the administration’s appeal continues.
Democratic candidates won all four Texas Supreme Court races on the November 3 ballot, ending the court’s all-Republican makeup. Republicans will retain a 5–4 majority on the nine-member court when the new justices take office.
A state appeals court has temporarily stayed a Travis County order that would have let state Rep. Gina Hinojosa inspect unredacted communications tied to Gov. Greg Abbott and Elon Musk’s companies. The appeal remains pending.
District Attorney Sarah Stogner says her office is investigating mailers sent to student members of a Texas household that claimed to come from a transgender student group. The sender remains unknown; no finding of wrongdoing has been announced.
Updated Oct. 23: Nearly 328,000 people had voted in Harris County through day three, extending a record-setting opening pace. Early voting continues through Oct. 30.
For eligible Texas voters seeking a mail ballot for Nov. 3, the county clerk must receive the application by Friday, Oct. 23; a postmark by that date is not enough.
FEMA rejected Texas’s request for direct household aid after July 2026 floods in Uvalde and Kerr counties; state officials say they are reviewing an appeal.
City Council unanimously approved a new $5.5 million appropriation, lifting Houston’s smart-meter contract to $43.5 million as billing complaints and aging equipment persist.
The Comptroller’s Office says Texas FIRST is a new statewide unit focused on public corruption, government fraud, sales-tax fraud and unclaimed-property fraud. The announcement describes its mission, not any newly disclosed case or finding.
Federal prosecutors charged the elected assessor and two others in an alleged scheme involving county payroll. An indictment is an accusation, and all defendants are presumed innocent.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed Ronald Lee Haskell’s conviction and death sentence on direct appeal, finding no reversible error in the issues before it.
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