A Republican-led redistricting effort forced Representative Al Green, who has served 11 terms, and Christian Menefee, one of the newest members of Congress, into a battle for the same seat.

The hourslong waits appeared to be easing as Transportation Security Administration officers received their first pay in weeks. But with no funding deal, the lines could return.

If you’re relying on a generator for power after Thursday's storm, be mindful of safety precautions. The No. 1 risk is carbon monoxide poisoning.

More than 1.3 million are still without power after Hurricane Beryl. When will refrigirated food need to be thrown out?

U.S. News & World Report's rankings of best Texas high schools in 2024 names several Houston-area suburban schools as top campuses.

This western Chambers County school district has made more than its fair share of news, mostly regarding hair. Find out more about the district.

For the first time since the TEA took control of the largest district in Texas, Houston ISD students are back in classrooms.

Houston's most expensive private schools increased tuition by about 5% for the coming school year, according to a Houston Chronicle analysis.

Authorities had been at Xtreme Off Road Park And Beach searching for two children who went missing. Two bodies matching their description later were recovered.

With the TEA takeover official, here's how other Texas school districts or charters measured up to HISD's state accountability rankings in 2022.

A Houston man who allegedly threatened the Fort Bend County Fair on Instagram was arrested Friday and charged with making a terrorist threat. A 9-1-1 text message advised authorities of a widely shared Instagram post that appeared to threaten the…

Failure was not an option as Texas schools received their first grades since COVID canceled state tests in 2020. The state only issued passing grades to its 8,451 ranked campuses. Districts and campuses that received scores under 70 were marked as…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate A record 12 Houston-area private schools have sticker prices for tuition of more than $30,000 for the coming 2022-23 academic year. Just five years ago, not a single campus had reached…

A homeowner near Lake Houston in Atascocita called authorities Friday night to report an uninvited guest: An alligator was at their front door. Authorities with the Precinct 4 Constable's Office were able to capture the 3-foot long animal outside the…

One person was killed and another injured when someone opened fire during a house party in north Harris County early Saturday. Authorities said an argument broke out around 4 a.m. at the party in the 500 block of Starksboro. One person died at the…

A man was found fatally shot in his front yard in west Houston late Friday after a drive-by shooting that also left his teenage neighbor critically injured. The man in his 30s was found dead just before 11:30 p.m. in the 4400 block of Bugle. A…

"I think that decision was clearly wrong when it was decided," Cruz said. "It was the court overreaching,” Cruz was echoing Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who wrote in his concurring opinion that the Supreme Court should reconsider its past…

A mass shooting on Austin's popular Sixth Street left at least 13 people injured early Saturday morning, as police continue to search for the gunman from what was a crowded, chaotic scene. No one had died, police said, but two of the victims are in…

Diane Mosier, a powerful advocate and champion for the Democratic Party in Houston, died Friday. She was 69. Mosier, a Beaumont native, attended Lamar University. She owned several companies before joining state Rep. Jessica Farrar’s office as a…

Diane Mosier, a powerful advocate and champion for the Democratic Party in Houston, died Friday. She was 69. Mosier, a Beaumont native, attended Lamar University. She owned several companies before joining state Rep. Jessica Farrar’s office as a…