After working behind the scenes in the Texas Legislature, Gigs Hodges said Democratic lawmakers’ failure to resist Republican ...

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State Sen. Bob Hall, R-Edgewood, speaks during an event introducing Dallas County Republican candidates at Dallas County GOP headquarters on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022, in Dallas. Juan Figueroa / Staff ...

A hearing attendee labels a map of the Guadalupe River during a joint committee hearing at the Hill Country Youth Event Center on July 31, 2025, in Kerrville, Texas. (Ronaldo Bolaños/The Texas Tribune ...

The bill is part of a larger debate surrounding the most effective approach to combatting homelessness. At the center of that ...