
Watch the Texas primary election results roll in at these watch parties around the state
by Sierra Rozen
| February 27, 2026
2026 Election | 2026 elections | election | election 2026 | elections | local election | Local Elections/Officials | local politics | political | politics | TEXAS | TEXAS POLITICS
If you’re looking for a spot to watch primary election results come in, keep reading to find your nearest watch party.

2 Texas schools break into TIME’s top global university rankings
by Sam Cohen
| February 19, 2026
Affordability | celebration | college | CULTURE | EDUCATION | EQUALITY | HARDGATE | HIGHER ED | HIGHER EDUCATION | LIFESTYLE | Local news | NATIONAL NEWS | Rice University | schools | TEXAS | Texas A&M | TEXAS HISTORY | TEXAS POLITICS | University of Texas at Austin
TIME Magazine’s 2026 list of the World’s Top Universities included three Texas schools. Here are the 2 that made the Top 50.

“I have been here too long”: Read letters from the children detained at ICE’s Dilley facility
by ProPublica
| February 11, 2026
2025 southern smoke festival | arts | child detainees | children | CIVIL RIGHTS | Community | deportation | DHS | Dilley Immigration Processing Center | FAMILY | HARDGATE | ICE | IMMIGRATION | LIFESTYLE | Local news | locals | mental health | mental health issues | national politics | News | south texas | teens | TEXAS | TEXAS POLITICS | The Department of Homeland Security
Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end in sight.

On the issues: Q&A with the Texas Republicans running for U.S. Senate
| February 5, 2026
2026 Election | 2026 elections | election | election 2026 | elections | John Cornyn | ken paxton | local politics | political | politics | TEXAS | TEXAS POLITICS | US SENATE | Wesley Hunt
In a rare intraparty clash of political heavyweights, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn is fighting to extend his career in the March 3 Republican primary against Attorney General Ken Paxton and U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt of Houston.

Houston voters just filled a vacant seat. Now they’re voting again.
| February 3, 2026
HOUSTON LEAD STORY | HTX | lawmakers | local politics | political | politics | redistricting | TEXAS POLITICS | VOTING IN TEXAS
Rep. Christian Menefee of Texas, the newest member of Congress, started the job Monday – and now has just four weeks to convince Houston voters he already deserves reelection.



