It was the first settlement in Terry County, just southwest of Lubbock in the Texas South Plains ... and travels to bigger ...

It’s not unusual for Williamson County Justice of the Peace Evelyn McLean to drive more than 40 miles in one night, going ...

The base of support for Democrats in the past several cycles has been in large cities, like Austin ... West Texas and East ...

chair of the Lubbock County Historical Commission. “It didn’t, and the town just up and moved to Brownfield.” History is repeating. Modern-day ghost towns are popping up around Texas ...

That said, compared with other states, Texas still has some of the highest levels of natural population growth—in 2023, three of the top five counties nationwide for natural population growth were in ...

program director for the County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas. As the demand for EMS service grows, the old volunteer fire department model for smaller towns concentrated in one or ...

Shelby Tauber for The Texas Tribune In 2019, Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law a measure that puts a cap on property tax hikes. Cities and counties cannot raise property taxes beyond that 3.5% cap ...

West Texas and East Texas. A comprehensive map of how Texans voted in the 2022 gubernatorial election To determine the reddest and bluest counties, KXAN calculated the average margin of victory in ...