Texas Politics

Katy ISD has enacted a new policy requiring parents to be told if their child identifies as transgender or chooses to use a different name or pronoun at school. Jonathan Sines with Texas Values joins FOX 7 Austin's Rudy Koski to discuss this Texas: The Issue Is.

On Tuesday, suspended Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's impeachment trial will begin. Paxton dismisses the corruption-related charges as "politically motivated" and expects to be acquitted. FOX 26 Political Reporter Greg Groogan shows us how we got to this point.

The impeachment trial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is set to begin in the Texas Senate on Tuesday as Paxton faces corruption-related charges.

Chau Nguyen moderates a panel of Houston mayoral candidates including Sheila Jackson Lee, Gilbert Garcia, Robert Gallegos, Lee Kaplan, M.J.Khan, and John Whitmire, at the Greater Houston Women's CHamber of Commerce Mayoral FOrum on August 28, 2023

On Saturday, August 26th, Fort Bend Houston Super Neighborhood, Fort Bend Voter News, and Fort Bend County Democrats hosted a Meet the Candidates forum for the Houston mayoral election. Candidates attending this question-and-answer forum included Gilbert Garcia, Naoufal Houjami, Sheila Jackson Lee, Lee Kaplan, M.J. Khan, and Julian Martinez. Derek Broze who is not officially on the ballot, but still campaigning also took part in the session/

On Saturday, August 26 The Fort Bend Houston Super Neighborhood, Fort Bend Voter News, and the Fort Bend County Democrats held a forum for the candidates running for Houston City Controller. Chris Hollins and Shannan Nobles attended and responded to both moderator and public questions regarding their policies and qualifications for the position.

Moderated by FOX 26 Senior political reporter and host of What's Your Point? Greg Groogan and former FOX 26 News anchor Jose Grinan, this mayoral debate featured the following candidates: Jack Christie, Robert Gallegos, Gilbert Garcia, Lee Kaplan, Sheila Jackson Lee, and John Whitmire

The city of Houston was officially selected by RNC Committee members to host the 2028 Republican National Convention, sources confirmed to FOX 26 Houston.

ERCOT is not experiencing emergency conditions at this time, but forecasts are showing a high potential to enter emergency operations. Help from Texans to conserve electricity use will assist grid reliability.

The Houston mayor's race is heating up after more high profile candidates join the race

In this week's edition of Texas: The Issue Is, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick joins FOX 26 Houston's Greg Groogan to discuss property tax rebates, the floating border wall on the Rio Grande, Ken Paxton's impending impeachment trial and more.

Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick sits down with FOX 26 Political Reporter Greg Groogan to discuss the $18 Billion Property Tax bill and Border Security.