The trip is planned for the second week in October and includes stops in Prague, Brno, and Zlin.

Precinct 3 Constable Mark Vojvodich wasn’t deterred by commissioners’ first rejection of his request to buy two BMW police motorcycles. He brought the proposal back for another vote.

San Antonio’s first crisis nursery offers families temporary child care and support before emergencies escalate into larger crises.

Some project that local voter turnout on Nov. 3 could 2.5 times larger than it was for the March primaries.

The bulldozers have stopped in Big Bend for now. But for how long? And what does this mean for other culturally sensitive areas on the border slated for border wall construction? The Trump administration says the wall is needed to prevent illegal immigration, but critics say this pristine land is not a crossing point. The latest on the legal fight to save Big Bend.

Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks, the United States continues to grapple with the wars, fear and political upheaval that followed. In "Toward the Turning," psychotherapist Scott Gibbs examines 9/11 as part of a destructive cycle of grievance, violence and retaliation between Islamist movements and Western powers. He argues that humanity must learn to coexist across profound cultural differences to escape this cycle of conflict.

County commissioners have directed staff to post notices warning solicitors that they could be issued criminal trespass warnings if they solicit on county property.

“We’re coming for the books,” the lieutenant governor said in announcing plans to lower the performance rating of Texas schools that violate a recent law targeting obscene titles in school libraries.

Polling shows President Donald Trump is unpopular with independent voters — and the midterm elections could be a blue wave. But could Trump try to interfere with the election? He's used executive orders to attack voter eligibility, mail voting, voter databases and redistricting. How vulnerable are the midterms? How can we protect democracy?

A citizen advisory committee recommended a 3.4% raise for commissioners — who themselves argued against it.