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Texas ICE detainers up 30% under Trump. Search our map to see shifts by county.

These numbers could grow even more in the coming year, as a newly passed state law will soon require most local sheriffs to assist ICE more regularly.

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Democratic Texas Rep. Gene Wu, center, speaks with the media following a press conference with other Texas House Democrats and Democratic members of Congress at the Democratic Party in Warrenville, Ill., Monday, Aug. 4, 2025.

Photo by: Nam Y. Huh, AP

Texas House Democrats end walkout by returning to Austin Monday

With their return, Republicans in the state Legislature are expected to quickly take up and pass the new map that creates five more winnable Republican districts.

Photo by: Matt Zdun

Maps show how Texas GOP redistricting plans hinge on noncitizens

In their bid for five more congressional seats, Texas Republicans are turning to an unlikely source to help spread out their gains: noncitizens.

Shown is the forecast track of Hurricane Erin through Wednesday. After lashing the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos with tropical-storm-force winds and heavy rain, Erin is expected to cause rough surf and dangerous rip currents along the U.S. east coast.

Photo by: National Hurricane Center

Erin lashes Bahamas as new Atlantic tropical threat emerges

Erin, now a Category 4, has grown significantly since it first reached hurricane status last Friday.

People leaving and coming in to the Texas Department of Public Safety Driver License Mega Center on South Gessner Road on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019, in Houston.

Photo by: Yi-Chin Lee/Staff Photographer

Texas unveils new tamper-resistant driver’s license and ID design with black star

Texans will soon be issued a new state driver’s license and identification card with increased security features.

Pick of the Day

From left: Willis’ Jermaine Bishop, Iowa Colony’s Carson White, Atascocita’s Cardae Mack and Randle’s Landen Williams-Callis are poised for big seasons in 2025.

Photo by: Illustration By Jon Poorman

Counting down the top Houston high school football players: 11-20

Counting down the top 50 Houston high school football players as the Texas high school football season approaches.

Vote: Select the Boys Athlete of the Week and Girls Athlete of the Week

What Else is Going On

Unsure what to say at your property tax hearing? Our tool can write you a script.

Organize your arguments with our first-of-its-kind tool that builds an approximate three to four-minute script for you to use at the formal hearing.

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Find out how much you know about the week’s local news.

Houston Texans quarterbacks Davis Mills (10) and C.J. Stroud warm up before a preseason NFL football game against the Carolina Panthers at NRG Stadium in Houston, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025.

Photo by: Brett Coomer, Houston Chronicle

Texans 53-man roster projection: How many RBs and WRs make the cut?

Houston will have to make difficult decisions after next Saturday's preseason game. Thirty-seven players will be cut.

Larry Dierker is a Houston Astros lifer, signing with the Colt 45s at 17 years old and working as a pitcher, broadcaster, manager and fan for rest of his life.

Photo by: Brett Coomer, Houston Chronicle

Larry Dierker's terrifying moment in dugout that made us treasure a true Astro

There are few Astros figures more beloved than Larry Dierker, which is what made that 1999 Sunday afternoon in the Astrodome so scary.

An oil tanker sits offshore between Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico seen from Seawall Boulevard, Friday, May 15, 2020, off of the east end of Galveston Island.

Photo by: Mark Mulligan, Houston Chronicle / Staff Photographer

Galveston's Seawall Boulevard buckles and closes for repairs, TxDOT says

The "road buckling" took place at the corner of Seawall Boulevard and 77th Street, according to the department.

Top row: Pasadena Councilmember, District B Bianca Valerio and Tomball Mayor Lori Klein Quinn. Bottom row: Sugar Land Mayor Carol McCutcheon and Mayor of Piney Point Village Aliza Dutt.

Photo by: Houston Chronicle Staff

EVENT: Women leading the way in Houston’s suburbs

Chronicle readers are invited to join a free, live virtual roundtable with female suburban mayors and lawmakers on leadership, growth and the changing face of Houston politics.

Chris Shelton, Audience producer

chris.shelton@houstonchronicle.com