Illinois hotel where Texas Democrats are staying evacuated over bomb threat

Texas House Democrats who left Austin to halt debate on the GOP's controversial redistricting plan were evacuated from an Illinois hotel Wednesday morning over a bomb threat, the Dallas Morning News reports. "This morning, a threat was made against the safety of the members of the Texas House Democr

Bad Takes: Talking about climate change's role in the Central Texas floods isn't 'politicizing the issue'

Bad Takes is a column of opinion and analysis. If we cannot recognize our own given natures and the natural world as setting any limit at all upon the desires that we contemplate taking seriously; if we will not listen to the anticipations and suspicions of the artefactual conception of human beings

Beto O’Rourke’s political group is a top funder for Texas Democrats’ exodus to block GOP congressional map

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. WASHINGTON — Powered by People, a Democratic political group started by former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke, has emerged as a top funder covering the costs of Texas lawmakers’ out-

Whataburger celebrates King of the Hill’s Hulu comeback with limited-time deal

Dang it Bobby — King of the Hill is back — and Whataburger is marking the occasion the Texas way: with a burger discount and a dash of nostalgia. The fast-food chain announced a limited- time collaboration in honor of the animated series’ long-awaited return to Hulu after a 15-year break.