The Texas Department of Insurance said Thursday that home and auto insurance rates are "trending down for many Texans."

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A group calling itself Recall Houston is gearing up to try to remove Mayor John Whitmire from office. ABC13 spoke with the group, which said there are several reasons they started this effort.

The proposal will increase pay for police, fire, and municipal employees. It also bumps up the spending for the city's maintenance fund.

While crime topped the list of concerning items, it was only slightly above a pessimism felt about the Houston area's economy.

Despite a second record-setting day for new cases of COVID-19 across the United States, experts suggest that the new cases remain mild.

The number of infections caused by the COVID-19 omicron variant could quadruple, according to Texas model data, but there is a glimmer of hope.

Thoughts of support poured in on social media as the nation's attention turned to Houston and the eight people killed in Friday's Astroworld tragedy.

The forecast for record usage comes with a reassurance that there will be enough capacity to handle summer's hottest days.

The report details more specifics about how plants went offline, but doesn't detail much in the way of what could've been done differently.

New sites across Texas are being eyed, including at least two in Houston, as FEMA prepares to come to Texas to help with the influx.

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The study also asked whether Texans believed there was a widespread election fraud and if they supported the Capitol riot.