The Brief keeps Texas voters and political observers up to speed on the most essential coverage of their elected officials, the policies that shape their daily lives and the future of our great state.

In a time when Congress seems hellbent on selling off every ounce of public lands, the people of the great state of Texas ...

The International Crane Foundation, based in Baraboo, is purchasing large swaths of land along the Texas Gulf Coast in an ...

For nearly a year, neighbors in northeast Denton have been working to preserve the Hartlee Field area, with its historic World War II hangars, from development by turning it into a state park. They’re ...

A four-year battle over a proposed 5,000-seat concert venue near the Austin suburb of Dripping Springs is ending with a plot twist: the land is changing hands, and the venue is dead. An affiliated ...

Douglas County commissioners met on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. Douglas County commissioners voted unanimously to purchase a 23-acre parcel of land next to Lone Star Lake Park in an effort to improve ...

SpaceX could swallow up land at Boca Chica State Park in South Texas after a Thursday decision by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission. The rocket building company run by billionaire Elon Musk ...