It’s not every day that a cache of historic maps of Texas and the Western Hemisphere — appraised at $3.5 million — passes from private to public hands. That’s what happened recently: After years of ...

HOUSTON — All that recent rain may not have been welcome, but it’s helping fuel one of Texas’ most popular seasonal sights: wildflowers. Now, a new tool from the Texas Department of Transportation is ...

April 28 (UPI) --The U.S. Supreme Court has cleared Texas to use its rare mid-decade congressional map, handing a victory to the Trump administration and Republicans in their expanding redistricting ...

The Supreme Court handed down a victory for the Republican Party on Monday, striking down a lower court's ruling that had blocked Texas' plans for redrawing its congressional districts. The court hung ...

Texas’ newly redrawn congressional map is officially cleared for use, after the U.S. Supreme Court formally overturned a lower court’s ruling Monday. In November, the high court allowed the map to be ...

When Gov. Greg Abbott approved the state's new congressional map last August, the idea was that it would help Republicans pick up five additional seats in Congress. In November, a district court threw ...

Wildflowers and bluebonnets are pictured off Manor Road in the Mueller development in Austin. Texans hoping to see some of the state's springtime colors have a new tool at their disposal — a map ...

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After a U.S. Supreme Court ruling clears Texas’ new congressional maps, local voters say staying engaged and showing up to ...