Measles has returned to Texas, with two cases confirmed in Houston last week. No cases have been found in Central Texas, but measles is a worry for health officials, causing Austin Public Health and the Texas Department of State Health Services to issue alerts.
Texas reports a minor measles outbreak due to low vaccination rates. Health officials urge vaccinations to prevent the spread.
If you love fancy dining experiences, you're in luck. Several new restaurants in town will fit the bill, but there are also new casual options.
The governor said the teams will help find, arrest and deport people who entered the country illegally and have active warrants for their arrests.
Other Texas cities also ranked high for single-family building permits including Dallas, Austin, San Antonio and New Braunfels.
Texas' latest winter storm created the rare sight of snow on a Galveston beach. Here's how many inches fell throughout the state.
Bishop Joe S. Vásquez has been appointed the Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, replacing retiring Cardinal Daniel DiNardo. Pope Francis appointed Vásquez on Monday after he was appointed the fifth Bishop of Austin in 2010. Vásquez had been a priest for more than 40 years before being ordained a bishop in 2002.
Texas cities, counties, higher education institutions and nonprofits clambered Tuesday to gauge the potential fallout from the suspension, later blocked temporarily by a federal judge.
A look at city namesake Stephen F. Austin, including reporting from 2022 on the colonist's desire to retire at Laguna Gloria
The state has vowed to assist the president in his efforts to revamp immigration. But the state’s biggest cities and school districts are more reluctant to help.
Tesla will launch an “unsupervised, no one in the car” robotaxi service in Austin, Texas, in June, Elon Musk said in an earnings call Wednesday. “We just want to put a toe in the water, make sure everything’s okay, put a few more toes in the water, with safety of the general public and those in the car as a top priority,” Musk said.
Advocates worry that rapidly shifting federal and state immigration initiatives will prompt more city police to funnel migrants without criminal records to federal agents.