Troy Nehls is stepping down from Congress, declining to run for a fourth term. Good riddance, writes Houston Chronicle Opinion Editor.

A Texas law that takes effect Thursday places new restrictions on which restrooms transgender people can use in certain government-owned buildings and schools. Republicans worked for more than ...

Conservatives hoping to steer Texas school boards rightward have had a tough few months.

Fire Chief Thomas Muñoz and Houston Mayor John Whitmire visited the firefighters at the hospital together Sunday.

The Transportation Security Administration has announced that U.S. air travelers without a REAL ID will face a $45 fee ...

Sarkisian said he wants his team to be rewarded with a spot in the CFP for the third straight year because of a 3-2 record ...

Austin’s Mexican American Cultural Center is gearing for a spring reopening after a three-year expansion. Artists urge a ...

Oxford, producer of the famous dictionary and expert in languages, has selected the internet slang "rage bait" as the word of the year. It means "online content deliberately designed to elicit anger ...

A Houston man accused of killing a man with a TV at his apartment brought him to a bus stop in a wheel chair — where he ...

The White House says that a Navy admiral ordered a second strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea and insists ...

Born in 2006, a year after Parks' death at age 92, Alvin Williamson Jr. has learned about his family’s place in U.S. history ...

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer says three of his New York offices were targeted with emailed bomb threats from an ...