Día De Los Muertos festival promotes Latino vote
Hispanic community leaders encourage voters to participate in Tuesday's election while addressing diluted voting power in new redistricting maps.
Election Day 2021: Here's what you need to know as you head to the polls
It's Election Day in Texas! Here's what voters need to know before they head to the polls, including the details on the eight Texas propositions.
Supreme Court questions Texas law banning most abortions
The Supreme Court heard three hours of arguments in two cases that challenge a Texas law that has virtually ended abortion after six weeks of pregnancy.
Abortion law makes it harder for Texans who have difficult pregnancies
Genetic screenings can help determine if a fetus will have certain conditions — or even be viable. But those usually occur at the end of the first trimester, long after Texas' new abortion law bans people from terminating their pregnancies.
Gov. Greg Abbott signs off on Texas’ new political maps
Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday approved Texas’ new political maps for the state’s congressional, legislative, and State Board of Education districts, according to Texas Legislature Online.
EXCLUSIVE: Land Commissioner George P. Bush calls cancelled housing deal 'potentially criminal'
The commissioner of the Texas General Land Office is saying potential crime has been committed at Houston City Hall, gathering evidence, George P. Bush is referring to that controversial affordable housing contract and he spoke exclusively with our Greg Groogan.
DOJ asks Supreme Court to block Texas abortion law
The Justice Department asked the high court Monday to lift an order imposed by a conservative federal appeals court that has allowed Texas to continue enforcing the nation's strictest curbs on abortion.
New redistricting map on horizon for state of Texas
It's up to Texas lawmakers to approve a new redistricting map to fit two new Congressional seats due to an increase in the state's population.
Texas lawmakers wage emotional debate over transgender athletic participation
FOX 26 Political Reporter Greg Groogan explains the debate going on in Austin.
Democrats in Fort Bend, Harris counties protesting new election boundaries
Hundreds of thousands of people in Greater Houston may soon find they have a different member of Congress representing them in Washington depending on where your home sits within new political boundaries being drawn up in Austin.
Allen West, GOP candidate for governor, says he has pneumonia caused by COVID-19
West, the former chair of the state Republican party, tweeted that his oxygen levels are low and he will likely be hospitalized, but says his condition is "not serious."
Appeals court allows Texas abortion law to resume, stopping federal judge’s order to block its enforcement
Texas officially appealed two days after a federal judge temporarily blocked the new law.
Are you registered to vote in Texas? Here's how to check and/or register
The deadline to register to vote in the November 2021 election is Monday, October 4, 2021.
Houston mayor 'turning the tables' on fired Housing Director
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner fighting back against a lingering allegation he improperly pushed a multi-million-dollar city housing deal that benefits his long-time friend and law partner.
TX County officials call election audits an unnecessary partisan ploy while voicing confidence in 2020 results
Officials in some counties targeted by audits accuse Republican Texas leaders of pandering to conspiracy theorists and undermining faith in elections. They also say the secretary of state’s office hasn’t provided details on what the audits entail.
Matthew McConaughey still 'measuring' Texas gubernatorial run; polling well against Abbott, O'Rourke
The “Dallas Buyers Club” actor has been mulling a run for about a year and a recent poll shows him doing better than Democrat Beto O’Rourke against current Gov. Greg Abbott
The Woodlands set for critical vote on its future as a stand-alone city
A vote is coming up in November to make The Woodlands its own city. FOX 26’s Greg Groogan gives us a look at the pros and cons.
Gov. Abbott in Houston to sign law that will fix 'state's broken bail system'
Senate Bill 6 will prohibit the release of bonds for those charged with violent crimes or who are child while released on bail.
Texas AG files several lawsuits against school districts defying governor's executive order
Two of the school districts in the newly filed lawsuits include Galveston ISD and Spring ISD.
Governor Greg Abbott says Texas will 'eliminate all rapists'
The statement was made during a press briefing Tuesday morning in response to a question about Senate Bill 8, also known as the Heartbeat Act.