Texas Education Agency released accountability scores that show positive progress among most of the state's 1,200 districts.

Houston ISD could soon be joined by four other Texas school districts that are facing possible takeovers after multiple years of failing ratings under the Texas Education Agency's accountability system.

In the 2024-25 school year, 14% of Texas school districts got an A, 71% got a B or a C, and 15% got a D or an F, new state data shows.

Tropical atmospheric moisture will surge into Central Texas on Friday and Saturday as a stormy disturbance moves into South Texas.

Forecasters say there is a marginal risk of excessive rain over Southeast Texas on Friday. The area could also be hit by gusty winds and minor floods, as the system continues to develop. There is an increased risk of a rip current into the weekend.

A tropical disturbance in the southwestern Gulf now has no chance of developing into a tropical depression but is still expected to send waves of tropical downpours along the Texas coast into Saturday.

Democratic state lawmakers who left Texas to block controversial new congressional maps backed by President Donald Trump are planning a return to the state early next week, shifting tactics so they can fight the plan in court.

Texas House Democrats who fled the state to block the GOP's efforts to redraw the congressional map announced a list of demands.