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Sheriff’s deputies seized six horses during a traffic stop in West Texas as part of an ongoing livestock smuggling investigation, authorities said.

Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday issued a directive reinforcing a freeze on undergraduate tuition and fees at all public institutions of higher education in Texas for the upcoming academic year.

Officials announced Wednesday that Kerr County has become the first municipality to fully install and test its outdoor warning siren technology under Senate Bill 3.

Austin and Manor police say that three suspects are now in custody following a series of apparently random shootings that unfolded across the city over the weekend.

A Del Rio woman has been arrested in connection with a federal investigation into human smuggling tied to deadly migrant train cases in Laredo and San Antonio.

Attorney General Ken Paxton issued a formal warning to more than 130 Texas cities on Thursday, prohibiting them from raising property taxes after an investigation found the municipalities failed to meet state transparency and financial audit requirements.

A Puerto Rican man was sentenced in federal court Tuesday to more than 15 years in prison for leading a drug trafficking organization that distributed thousands of fentanyl pills and caused the death of a U.S. Army spouse.

The discovery of a seventh body along railroad tracks in Bexar County on Monday has expanded an investigation into a human smuggling operation that left six other migrants dead in a shipping container in Laredo.

Authorities have identified five of the six people found dead inside a shipping container at a South Texas rail yard, including a 14-year-old boy, officials said Tuesday.

Texas public school enrollment has fallen below 5.5 million students this year, marking the second-largest decline in the state’s recent history, according to data from the Texas Education Agency and analysis by Texas 2036.