The Texas governor signed a $50 million bill into law on Wednesday to help bring ibogaine through FDA-approved clinical trials for opioid use disorders and other neurological and mental health conditions. Advocates said the legislation is the largest state-funded psychedelic research initiative in history.

Southern Baptist delegates at their national meeting overwhelmingly endorsed a ban on same-sex marriage — including a call for a reversal of the U.S. Supreme Court's 10-year-old precedent legalizing it nationwide.

Members of the Texas National Guard have been deployed to San Antonio as well-publicized protests will continue in the city through the weekend.

Advocates and policy groups argue ending in-state tuition for students without legal status will hurt the state's economy.

It’s an unusual situation for the lieutenant governor, long viewed by GOP activists as a stalwart conservative responsible for driving the Legislature rightward.

The state's contribution brings the Juneteenth museum's funds to $50 million — more than two-thirds of its $70 million goal.

Cellist Joseph Kuipers is producing the festival, which will run from June 8 to June 21.

Urban explorers posted videos from inside the long-shuttered Astrodome over the weekend, drawing attention online. Built in the 1960s as the world's first domed sports stadium, the Astrodome was condemned in 2009.

A high school librarian found an old Bible at Boerne High School dating back to 1614. No one knows who brought it to Boerne from Germany.

New World screwworms used to be a constant concern for ranchers, until they were eradicated from the U.S. in the 1960s. Now that they're on their way back, those who remember dealing with them have warnings about their impact.