This is a follow-up in our KCBD Investigates series on the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. The Texas Sunset Advisory Committee made that recommendation to the legislature on Wednesday morning.

A barge at about 7 p.m. Thursday struck a utility pole and knocked out power on Pelican Island, including most of the Texas A&M University at Galveston campus, officials said.

David Cook. The Texas Republican Party has been sharply divided since the 2023 impeachment of Attorney General Ken Paxton under then-GOP House Speaker Dade Phelan. Phelan lost power when Paxton was ...

She said the TDCJ appreciates the Texas Sunset Advisory Commission’s review and added that the agency has already started work to implement its recommendations. Hernandez said TDCJ asked for ...

So how did Austin, a college town on the doorstep of the Texas Hill Country that has yet to reach 1 million residents, end up as the capital of the Lone Star State? It’s a question that’s ...

Dade Phelan’s December announcement that he was dropping his bid for a third term amid challenges within his own Republican Party ... (D-Austin) believes the Speaker’s race is being influenced by ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin Tex-Mex restaurant Trudy’s is closing its north Austin location, leaving the decades-old restaurant without a foothold in Central Texas. The restaurant, which started in ...

Several watch parties were taking place in Central Texas for the Texas vs Ohio State ... a sea of burnt orange took over the restaurant's watch party. "You want people to cheer along with you ...

The Texas legislature, which convenes this Sunday for its once-every-two-years session, could pass a law that would effectively kill Austin's light-rail plan. The vision outlined in the DEIS depicts a ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — So far in 2025, there have been 22 wildland fires in Texas, amounting to 196.1 acres burned, according to data from the National Geographic Area Coordination Center. As ...

Dustin Burrows as House speaker. Texas GOP Chairman Abraham George addresses the crowd during a rally at the Tarrant County Republican Party Headquarters in Fort Worth on Monday, Jan. 6 ...

As the clock ticks down to the 89th Texas legislative ... to a report by CBS Austin, Paxton's mission is to cement Republican unity in the face of a potentially divided party over the selection ...