RICHMOND, Texas (KTRK) -- A debate over changing Fort Bend County's precinct maps continues to create contentious courtroom meetings. About a month ago, county commissioners started to debate whether ...

Proposed employee raises are included in the county’s preliminary 2025-26 budget, and commissioners will vote to adopt the new spending plan in the near future.

Upshur County commissioners have voted to raise elected officials’ salaries by $1,800 during the next fiscal year, with county officials saying the raises were needed.

Republican Gov. Greg Abbott added redistricting to a lengthy agenda he gave to lawmakers in ordering them back to the Texas ...

Tarrant County residents in favor of the redistricting stated that the precincts must reflect the Republican majority in Tarrant County. They voiced their disapproval of the court’s decision to ...

The State Capitol is seen on July 21, 2025 in Austin, Texas. Lawmakers are gathering for a special session to discuss an agenda outlined by Gov. Greg Abbott that seeks to address flood relief in ...

Precinct 2, which is represented by Simmons, is now a Republican-leaning district. Tarrant County’s redistricting website is now showing a seventh map, which has minor changes to the sixth map.

UPSHUR COUNTY, Texas — An 18-year-old was sentenced to 10 years in prison for vandalizing an East Texas school because he was "bored." George Osbron Merrill, III, pleaded guilty to criminal ...

UPSHUR COUNTY, Texas (KETK)– A man from Upshur County was sentenced to forty years in prison after pleading guilty to possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver as a habitual offender ...

President Donald Trump is pushing Republicans in Texas to redraw the state's congressional maps to help ensure the party ...