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A woman who hit the jackpot in a Texas lottery drawing last month said her $83.5 million prize is being withheld from state ...

Amanda Edwards announces her candidacy for Texas's 18th Congressional District seat following Rep. Turner's burial.

The roundtable, hosted by OurCalling, a nonprofit ministry serving the city’s unhoused population, was closed to the press, ...

Gov. Mike Braun attended President Donald Trump's executive order signing in Washington, D.C. Thursday where the president officially called for eliminating the U.S. Department of Education.

Sen. Ted Cruz has likened vouchers to “the civil rights issue of our time." But critics note they were used in the 1950s to fight integrated schools.

President Trump has signed an executive order to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, shifting oversight and funding responsibilities to states. Experts say the move could have widespread ...

President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order to diminish the Department of Education at the White House on ...

All of the Texas Observer’s articles are available for free syndication for news sources under the following conditions: ...

State legislators are pushing for the University of Houston-Victoria in Victoria, Texas to join the Texas A&M System. Pending ...

At the heart of every true crime show, movie, book and podcast lies the same uncomfortable reality: The worst epoch in a ...

President Donald Trump continued his sweeping education agenda as he signed an executive order to diminish the Department of ...