One emerged last week via a Twitter account with 313 followers promoting Texas State tailback Lincoln Pare for the Heisman Trophy. The account included a picture -- cribbed from the Instagram story of the Texas State president -- of two beavers floating in the San Marcos River.

The New York Times reported a plan to have Texas legislators redraw the state's Congressional districts to help Republicans gain more seats.

Amid angry signs and speeches with messages about authoritarianism and the targeting of immigrants, some protesters at Texas’s Capitol injected humor. “The Only Good ICE Is At Sonic,” read one sign. Local drag queen Brigitte Bandit,

Amid a quiet legislative session for health, lawmakers’ priority legislation reinforced the U.S. health secretary’s agenda.

Invasive hammerhead worms are spreading in Texas, and have been spotted in Houston, Dallas, Austin and toward the coast.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced he is deploying thousands of Texas National Guard soldiers and Texas Department of Public Safety troopers ahead of planned anti-ICE protests across the state this weekend.

A Powerball player in Texas won $150,000, just missing the $80 million jackpot, lottery officials say. The ticket matched four winning numbers, the Powerball and the Power Play in the drawing Saturday, June 14, the Texas Lottery said. Another ticket sold in Texas won $50,000.