Education Commissioner Mike Morath on Tuesday outlined plans to crack down harder on chronically low-performing schools, saying he wants to cut in half the number of them that end up on the state’s failing list over the next five years. Full Story
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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is leading Democratic rival Hillary Clinton by just 6 percentage points in deep-red Texas, according to a new poll. Full Story
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The 2014 execution-style killing of a San Antonio-area police officer with ties to the Texas Mexican Mafia is a stark example of how the self-proclaimed "gang of all gangs" operates. Full Story
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Donald Trump has tapped half a dozen well-known Texans — including the state's former governor — to advise him on agriculture policy in his campaign for the White House. Full Story
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In this week's edition of the Trib+Health newsletter: The Obama administration shifts federal dollars to find funding for Zika prevention, a women's health grant kicks up controversy and an interview with Baker Harrell of It’s Time Texas. Full Story
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Katrina Pierson tells the Tribune that some recent high-profile on-air gaffes were the result of hearing her voice echoing in her earpiece and that she's OK with her overall performance as a Donald Trump surrogate. Full Story
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As Texas takes on another hurricane season, Gov. Greg Abbott’s office has nearly committed all of the 2016-17 emergency funds reserved for state disaster recovery efforts in the aftermath of floods and other natural disasters. Full Story
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Facing off again in the state's only competitive congressional race, former U.S. Rep. Pete Gallego hopes strong turnout from Hispanics angered by Donald Trump will help him reclaim the 23rd district seat from Republican Will Hurd. Full Story
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Businessman Phillip Huffines has won election to chair the ailing Dallas County GOP, just under two weeks after its former leader abruptly resigned. Full Story
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued a legal opinion Monday supporting a Montgomery County courtroom chaplaincy program — and the use of prayer to open legal proceedings. Full Story
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Texas health regulators are starting from scratch in designing a project to store massive amounts of data — after spending millions of dollars trying to roll out a version that’s now been scrapped. Full Story
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More Texas school districts and charter schools are failing in 2016, though the number of individual campuses that received that label decreased. Full Story
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Commissioners are trying to open so-called “campaign in a box” disclosures, where candidates report their spending on consultants — but not on the specific campaign services those consultants are providing. Full Story
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The only person on Donald Trump's campaign who can overshadow the boss and keep her job is Katrina Pierson — the Texan and Trump spokeswoman who has made waves over a pair of embarrassing on-air flubs. Full Story
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A new Washington Post report digs deeper into the $1 billion contract given to the Corrections Corporation of America to build the facility in Dilley to detain women and children seeking asylum. Full Story
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The state is trying to regulate what some have called the “campaign in a box,” when a candidate reports writing one big check to a consultant, who then handles all of the campaign spending off the books. Full Story
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Tense debates have raged at Texas schools over the proper place of Confederate names in the public landscape. But many other districts have not considered any changes. Full Story
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In the 30 years since Christine Morton was murdered, her husband Michael Morton has been wrongfully convicted of killing her and fought for sweeping changes to state law. Look back at his case and the developments since his release. Full Story
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Thirty years ago, a Williamson County murder set in motion a shoddy prosecution that led to the wrongful conviction of Michael Morton. It's a miscarriage in justice that's still felt in the state's criminal cases. Full Story
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Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, is seeking answers from U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch over potential links between the Clinton Foundation and the U.S. State Department when Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton was secretary of state. Full Story
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