Legislation to allow some forms of drug checking has reached the same Senate committee where a similar bill died last session ...

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Bitcoin mining afflicts locals with noise pollution, threatens water supplies, and receives generous public backing.

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Republicans want to double down on a system that can keep Texans in jail for years without a trial, while attacking bail ...

Orlando J. Pérez, Ph.D., is a professor of political science at the University of North Texas at Dallas, specializing in U.S.

On an average school day, harried students at the University of Texas at Austin rush across Speedway to get to class, stopping only to dodge a dangerously fast Lime scooter. On Monday, however ...

Val Verde County’s Conservative Democratic Sheriff on Misinformation, Immigration "Before people start commenting on the border, come visit the bord ...

In Senate District 4, it was tea party vs. tea party but the slightly less cranky Brandon Creighton beat Steve Toth in a lopsided victory yesterday.