A Houston immigration attorney has been arrested and charged with mail fraud and making false statements in connection with an alleged scheme involving clients seeking immigration assistance and work visas, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday.

Oil prices are climbing toward the $100-per-barrel mark, putting the Permian Basin back in the spotlight and raising questions about what higher crude prices could mean for West Texas.

A proposal from Gov. Greg Abbott to end municipally owned electric utilities is putting the cost of electricity and the future of public power under renewed scrutiny across Texas.

Food banks across the Gulf Coast are facing increasing demand while federal funding and food supplies come under pressure.

Zach Klein, a 11-year veteran of the department, was arrested by Texas Rangers and booked into the Angelina County Jail Thursday morning. He faces charges of abuse of official capacity and tampering with a government record, both state jail felonies. No bond has been set.

The median age in Texas is about 36 years, meaning roughly half of Texans are younger than 36 and half are older. The latest Census Bureau data shows the national median age at 39.4 years, putting Texas several years younger than the country overall.

Based on the district-level accountability data analyzed by TXAN 24 News, 195 school districts received an A rating, with Region 17 in Lubbock leading the state with 19 A-rated districts.

Texas is massive, but its population is far more concentrated than the state’s wide-open landscape might suggest.

The 2026 Texas U.S. Senate race is tightening, with Democratic nominee James Talarico holding recent polling leads over Republican nominee Ken Paxton while prediction markets continue to price the contest as essentially a toss-up. A recent Texas Tribune poll found Talarico leading Paxton 45% to 40%, with 15% either supporting another candidate or undecided. Another recent Fox News poll showed Talarico with a narrower 3-point advantage.

Texas has the highest percentage of residents without health insurance in the nation, according to a new 50-state analysis from High Rise Financial.

Princess Takamado visited the Japanese Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden during a June 15 stop in North Texas, the garden announced Wednesday.

Texas recorded the highest number of immigration arrests in the nation over a two-year period, according to a new analysis by The Mendoza Law Firm.

AUSTIN, Texas (TXAN 24) — Texas has the highest rate of fatal work zone crashes in the nation, according to a new analysis of data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System covering 2020 through 2024. The study found Texas averages 182 fatal work zone crashes each year, equal to 9.74 fatal crashes per million licensed drivers—nearly three times the national average of 3.48 per million. Researchers also found Texas accounts fo

The Texas Open Data Portal has surpassed 2 million downloads in 2026, showing a dramatic increase in public use of government data across Texas residents.

A new analysis from LAINE AI reports that Texas ranks third in the United States for AI-related legal filing errors, with 49 confirmed incidents identified in court records, including 14 cases recorded in Q1 2026.

Texas ranks as the second-best state in America for skilled trade workers and has the nation’s largest trade workforce, according to a new study from workplace safety solutions provider TRADESAFE.

The study placed Texas last among all 50 states with a score of 40.8 out of 100, citing low wages, limited public health insurance coverage for foreign-born residents and a high number of reported hate crimes.

The report found Texas logged 1,071 speeding-related fatal large truck crashes during the study period, averaging approximately 214 deadly crashes each year. Researchers said speeding was involved in 32.8% of all fatal large truck crashes in Texas, ranking the state seventh nationally and placing it 10.8 percentage points above the national average. The study also found Texas accounted for nearly one in five speeding-related fatal truck crashes recorded nationwide.

Researchers analyzed all 48 contiguous states using average summer rainfall, temperature, mosquito species diversity and humidity levels. Texas earned a score of 78.01, trailing only Florida and Louisiana. The study found Texas has the highest mosquito species diversity in the nation with 85 species. Researchers say that allows mosquitoes to thrive across a wide range of environments, from humid East Texas to drier central regions and the Gulf Coast.

The Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) has launched the Texas Design System, a new statewide toolkit designed to help agencies create more accessible, user-friendly and consistent government websites.