Federal Trial Over Deadly Heat in Texas Prisons Without Air-Conditioning Begins NYT | Top Stories Lauren McGaughy 30 March 2026 at 17:02 Inmates in Texas prisons want a federal court to force the state to provide air-conditioning for all its prison cells. © Verónica G. Cárdenas for The New York TimesInmates at the Reynaldo V. Lopez State Jail Facility in cells without air conditioning amid extreme summer temperatures in Edinburg, Texas, in 2022.
At CPAC, Texas Shows Love for Ken Paxton and Boos for an Absent John Cornyn NYT | Top Stories Lauren McGaughy 29 March 2026 at 17:00 A runoff election in two months sets up a fight between an incumbent who some say is not conservative enough and a challenger trying to shed scandals. © Desiree Rios for The New York TimesTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a candidate for U.S. senate, met with supporters during the Conservative Political Action Conference(CPAC) in Grapevine, Tx. on Friday.