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This week, Harris County commissioners are set to raise property taxes for residents. Democratic Harris County Judge candidate Letitia Plummer opposes the move, saying families are already stretched thin. She also says Governor Greg Abbott isn’t making it easy, citing deferred infrastructure investment, no Medicaid expansion, and an underfunded public defender system as factors behind…

This 24 year-old is preserving their family stories and uncovering the history of slavery in Texas at the same time. Zahrah Butler’s family has been sharecropping on the same land in Northern Louisiana and East Texas for generations, and as Butler investigates their past, the student looks to the things slavery left behind.

On Sept. 11, more than 1,800 North Texans gathered at the Arlington eSports Stadium to pack more than 450,000 meals for local families in need, transforming the 25th anniversary of 9/11 into America’s largest annual day of service. All meals go to the North Texas Food Bank to help local families facing hunger.

As a Republican candidate for governor, Rick Jackson has promised to let communities decide their own fate on data centers. Now, a Texas resident living near a data center project Jackson’s invested in says he’s not keeping that promise. Head to the link in our bio to read more about what residents are demanding.

Elected officials and loved ones gathered at Lauren’s Garden in downtown Houston today to honor the life and legacy of Lauren Catuzzi Grandcolas, a native Houstonian who lost her life on United Airlines Flight 93 on 9/11. As local leaders and her father reflected on how communities endure moments of national grief, they remembered Lauren’s…

Outside the GOP midterm convention in Dallas, Texas Rep. Gene Wu (D‑Houston) says Republican leaders are ignoring voters and blaming everyone but themselves as prices climb and families struggle. Wu warns that scapegoating immigrants, Black and Latino communities, Asian Americans, Muslims, trans kids, books, and drag performers distracts from the party in power. “This November,…

A coalition of Democrats from California, Colorado, and Pennsylvania made their way to Dallas on Thursday to speak out against President Donald Trump and his GOP convention, calling it “a spectacle laced with fear.”

Rep. Robert Garcia, a California Democrat, travelled all the way to Dallas to condemn Donald Trump’s midterm Republican convention on Thursday, slamming the President for “throwing a two-day party” while Americans “can’t afford gas.”

Midlothian mom Aurora Cobb described loving her baby while feeling disconnected from the joy around her, an experience she would only later realize was part of postpartum depression.

Harris County will weigh a 7.6% tax‑rate hike that would add more than $190 to the average homeowner’s bill, after a proposal to scale it back failed 3–2 Wednesday morning, Sept. 9. Final vote set for Sept. 17 as the county faces a $180M shortfall.

Resurfaced footage shows Ken Paxton returning to Austin in February 2021—just after the winter storm that left millions of Texans without power and water—declining to answer questions about the deadly freeze or his plans for ERCOT. Paxton and his wife, state Sen. Angela Paxton, had traveled to Utah for what his campaign called a “previously…

A coalition of Democrats met ahead of President Donald Trump’s Republican midterm convention in Dallas on Wednesday morning, sharing that the GOP’s behavior and agenda doesn’t reflect Dallas County or its residents.

Last year, Harris County workers were approved for wage increases, but employees of Harris Center—a public healthcare safety-net provider serving county residents—were left out. On Monday, Sept. 8, Harris County Commissioner Lesley Briones made the case that the affordability crisis and cuts to federal assistance due to President Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” demand stronger protections…

Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, who has historically been pro-data center and once boasted that Texas will be the “epicenter of AI development” alongside the CEO of Google, has recently changed his stance following bipartisan backlash over data center developments booming across the state. During a campaign stop on Friday, Abbott admitted that “no one” has…

It’s National Food Bank day, and on top of a record amount of need due to cost of living increases and new SNAP benefit restrictions, there’s no more funding for nutrition education. The Food Bank of the Rio Grande Valley says recent federal cuts have made it harder for agencies to teach better health practices.…

Houston teachers aren’t just switching districts—many are leaving the profession entirely. Texas State Rep. Lauren Ashley Simmons explains why—from the state takeover to a growing reliance on uncertified long-term substitutes, and now, Gov. Greg Abbott’s push against foreign teachers. More than 4,000 HISD teachers have left the district, and Simmons says the crisis is only…

Houston Controller Chris Hollins says his office still hasn’t received any of the records requested from the Mayor’s office nearly three months ago as part of its investigation into Mayor John Whitmire’s senior adviser for financial integrity, Chris Brown. According to records reported by the Houston Chronicle, Brown earns more than $127,000 a year in…

The Tarrant County Commissioners Court heard hours of public testimony on Tuesday from residents who urged its members to reconsider a proposal that cuts voting sites ahead of this year’s midterm elections. Despite the public outrage, the Republican-dominated court voted 3-2 to approve a list of polling sites for the November elections that includes 92…

The Woodlands Township has approved a deal that would pay Houston about $50 million in exchange for Houston permanently giving up its ability to annex The Woodlands. The catch? Texas law already makes forced annexation much harder, so critics are asking: Why pay $50M for something Houston may not be able to do anyway? The…