Community Voices for Public Education organizes the effort, which includes a "mini-lobbying day" at the Texas Capitol.

Measles has returned to Texas, with two cases confirmed in Houston last week. No cases have been found in Central Texas, but measles is a worry for health officials, causing Austin Public Health and the Texas Department of State Health Services to issue alerts.

Texas reports a minor measles outbreak due to low vaccination rates. Health officials urge vaccinations to prevent the spread.

"Texas stories deserve a Texas backdrop. That’s why I teamed up with Dennis Quaid, Woody Harrelson, Billy Bob Thornton, and Renée Zellweger for True to Texas."

The governor said the teams will help find, arrest and deport people who entered the country illegally and have active warrants for their arrests.

As airports across the country struggled with delays and cancellations, Austin’s Bergstrom International Airport was able to weather the storm.

The unusual combination of snow and ice hit Central Texas and spread all the way to ... with accumulations of 0.05 to 0.15 inches. Austin woke up Tuesday morning to sleet and snow accumulations ...

Bishop Joe S. Vásquez has been appointed the Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, replacing retiring Cardinal Daniel DiNardo. Pope Francis appointed Vásquez on Monday after he was appointed the fifth Bishop of Austin in 2010. Vásquez had been a priest for more than 40 years before being ordained a bishop in 2002.

Lubbock, a first in more than 20 years. Meanwhile, vaccination rates in Texas have fallen over the last four years.

An excerpt from an upcoming book on the 2024 presidential election provided more details on how podcaster Joe Rogan and then-Vice President Harris' proposed interview fell through.

When Gov. Greg Abbott signed House Bill 12 into law in May 2023, Texas became the 41st state to extend postpartum Medicaid to 12 months. It was a victory years in the making, after several sessions of advocacy from health care providers, maternal health experts and moms themselves.

Austin barbeque joint Terry Blacks to start construction this year in Houston. It will also bring a boutique hotel to the Heights.