Feds plan to build nation’s biggest migrant detention center at Texas' Fort Bliss

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The federal government plans to spend $1.26 billion to build the country's largest immigration detention center at Fort Bliss, an army base in El Paso, according to a contract

House Democrats return to Texas to build legal case against redrawn maps in second session

Texas House Democrats have returned to Austin after remaining out of state for two weeks to derail Republican efforts to redraw the state's political maps. Now, the Democrats say they're back in the Texas House chambers to build a legal case against "racist gerrymandering."

San Antonio food-truck worker arrested on charge that he shot man for trying to steal tip jar

San Antonio police arrested a food truck worker over the weekend on charges that he shot another man who tried to steal a tip jar from the business, KSAT reports. SAPD officers responded to a disturbance call shortly before midnight Saturday on the 1100 block of West Hildebrand Avenue, according to

Texas GOP says flood relief is priority. Here's the climate policy they won't pass.

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