Kids can get up close to western wildlife at San Antonio's Briscoe Museum next weekend

The Briscoe Western Art Museum brings the wild west to life Jan. 25 with its free Wild West Wildlife Festival. The family-friendly event isn’t about gun fights and saloon brawls of the West but instead celebrates its flora and fauna.

A Trump DOJ could bring an end to the yearslong investigation of his ally Ken Paxton

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The border propagandist

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State employees suspected of stealing from low-income Texans' public assistance accounts

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Seven state employees have been fired for improperly accessing — and in some cases, stealing money from — accounts of thousands of Texans who receive Medicaid, food stamps and