For months, Texas Republicans have anxiously awaited the arrival of national resources to help boost Ken Paxton, one of the GOP’s most vulnerable Senate candidates.

A new University of Texas/Texas Politics Project poll finds most Texans oppose the construction of data centers in their communities, citing concerns about water use, energy costs, environmental impacts,

Elected officials across Texas are increasingly treating ordinary Muslim religious practice – prayer, dress, marriage counseling, even mosques themselves – as evidence of a political threat and saying so openly.

Pictured is a data center located just outside of the City of Brazoria in Houston. A majority of Texans say they're opposed to the construction of data centers in their own communities, according to recent polling. Texas politicians are catching up to the ...

Backlash against data centers has become a political buzzsaw in Texas in time for the November election.

DALLAS — As Republicans continue to prepare for the first GOP midterm convention in modern history, there are plenty of Texas Democrats who believe their national party should have hosted a similar convention to offer counter-programming. The chair of the Dallas County Democratic Party is one of them.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This aerial photo shows an entrance to the Stargate artificial intelligence data center complex in Abilene, Texas, on Sept. 22, 2025. (Associated Press) Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has ...

In today’s edition, Natasha Korecki breaks down the Democratic and the Republican theory of the case in the Texas Senate race.

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The nonpartisan election handicapper Cook Political Report shifted its ratings for both the Texas and Iowa Senate races to toss-ups Thursday as Republicans grapple with a scandal-ridden candidate in the Lone Star State and a shifting political environment that could favor Democrats in Iowa.

A Democratic state representative is trying to end an electoral drought that has defined Texas politics for a generation