"Everything's bigger in Texas" certainly applies in this case. Surprising new report shows Texas has enormous advantage over other states in critical area: 'Spread the good news' first appeared on The Cool Down.

The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch for eastern Louisiana and southern Mississippi through 7 p.m. CT on Tuesday, forcing Mardi Gras parades in Jefferson Parish, La. to be cancelled and celebrations in New Orleans to be altered.

Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett has publicly criticized President Trump's treatment of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

The number of measles cases associated with an outbreak in Texas has increased to 159 -- an increase of 13 cases in the past five days, authorities said on Tuesday.

The Texas state legislature may soon consider whether transgender Texans can be charged with a felony for identifying as their preferred gender.

A former employee of the Texas Real Estate Commission, a state agency, said he was fired from his job after refusing to remove pronouns from his email signature.

Health officials say a child who had not been vaccinated died of measles in West Texas — the first death in an outbreak that has now infected more than 150 people​.

Measles, a vaccine-preventable infectious disease, was eliminated as an endemic disease from the United States in 2000. Now, 25 years later, it has spread

As you go about your day today, you may notice Texas flags flying at half-staff Thursday across the state. Gov. Greg Abbott ordered the flags at half-staff for the memorial of Congressman Sylvester Turner of Houston through Friday, March 7. Flags should return to full-staff by sunrise on Saturday, March 8.

The last World War I-era American dreadnought USS Texas (BB-35) will remain in the Port of Galveston as a museum ship, the city’s Wharves Board of Trustees announced. Texas will move to the city’s Pier 15,

Here’s how federal courts help determine the fate of controversial issues, such as immigration laws, in Texas and beyond.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered flags across the state to be flown at half-staff following the death of U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner from Houston.