About 24 hours in, the government shutdown shows no signs of ending anytime soon. Here in North Texas, cities and outreach groups that depend on federal funds are left wondering how strongly they ...

Within a few-day span, local governments voted different ways on whether to allow data centers to continue developing with ...

The Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) has proposed a new statewide Code of Ethics for the use of artificial intelligence systems in government. The code, published in the Nov. 7 issue of ...

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Texas follows a two-year election cycle, with state and national races in even years and local government and constitutional amendments in odd years. Since 2025 is an odd-numbered year, voters across ...

A push to restrict local governments’ ability to decide how they spend their money and which policies they can adopt is ...

The Voting Rights Act helped Latino and Black voters gain representation in city and school boards across Texas but now that ...