Author: Longhorn Ledger Staff
Foreign buyers purchased more than 7,700 homes in Texas between April 2025 and March 2026, spending nearly $4 billion, according to a new report.
Texas Children’s Hospital has 90 days to open a detransition clinic as part of a settlement secured by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
Rep. Brandon Gill has introduced legislation that would end birthright citizenship for children born to people who entered the United States illegally and classify birth tourists as “invaders” under federal law.
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico is facing scrutiny after appearing at a fundraiser alongside a surgeon who previously performed gender-transition surgeries on minors before Texas banned the procedures.
The McKinney City Council unanimously approved a proposed 37,000-square-foot Islamic center after a contentious meeting that drew hundreds of residents, elected officials and more than four hours of public comment.
A Texas-based credit union is facing criticism after a representative said membership is limited to Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims. The policy has prompted calls for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to investigate whether the membership requirements comply with federal law.
Three Houston-area mothers have filed a lawsuit challenging Texas’ law requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments, arguing it violates religious freedom protections and parental rights.
A former Frisco anesthesiologist and a Texas med spa owner have been charged with murder, manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide three years after a woman died following an IV treatment that authorities say was administered by an unlicensed individual.
Austin’s homicide rate has nearly doubled compared with the years before Travis County District Attorney Jose Garza took office, according to a Council on Criminal Justice report that found Austin experienced the largest homicide increase among the cities studied since 2019.
A federal judge has ruled Houston’s Minority, Women and Small Business Enterprise Program violates the Equal Protection Clause, blocking the city from using racial preferences in certain public contracting decisions.