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 ...

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Rep. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, was voted as next Texas House Speaker after a ... a month of facing pressure from his own party to step down from the race.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mandatory vehicle safety inspections have been eliminated for many Texas drivers. But in 17 counties — including ... JoJo Heselmeyer with TSIA told lawmakers. She pointed to UT Austin research from ...

rifts with party leaders and lessons learned from six years in the Texas House. Steve Allison: Education. Education was terribly important. And then I thought it was important — and the ...

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 ...

As of December 2024, the executive director of the Texas Republican Party was Jen Hall. [2] The website for the Texas Republican Party listed the following individuals as the party's state leadership ...

Texas Democratic state House Rep. Mihaela Plesa, who handily won reelection in a traditionally Republican stronghold, gave the Democratic Party advice on how to rebound from bruising losses during ...