The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), in collaboration with local, state, and federal law enforcement, made over 20 arrests and rescued four victims in a series of human trafficking operations ...

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Fifteen measles cases — mostly in school-aged children — have been confirmed in a small county in West Texas with one of the highest rates of vaccine exemptions in the state. South Plains Public ...

Texas law requires an armed officer at each school. Districts are asking lawmakers to pay the full yearly cost, which they ...

A trial date has been set for El Paso County’s challenge of the State of Texas’ controversial law authorizing local police to ...

The Laredo Sector Border Patrol Marine Unit and the Texas Department of Public Safety teamed up on the Rio Grande to turn ...

A federal judge set a trial date in the legal battle by El Paso County over the Texas state immigration law, SB 4.

The state takes a hands-off regulatory approach that aligns with Musk’s increasingly anti-government political stances as an ...

Republican lawmakers in about dozen states are advancing proposals that could aid President Donald Trump's deportation ...

School choice, property tax relief and public safety are among Governor Greg Abbott's top legislative priorities this session, but it was the fu ...

While lectures on the legacies of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and Harriet Tubman are all important, some educators ...