Community Voices for Public Education organizes the effort, which includes a "mini-lobbying day" at the Texas Capitol.

The U.S. Marshals Service announced in a Thursday news release that it had joined the Waller County Sheriff's Office in the search for an escaped inmate.

Measles has returned to Texas, with two cases confirmed in Houston last week. No cases have been found in Central Texas, but measles is a worry for health officials, causing Austin Public Health and the Texas Department of State Health Services to issue alerts.

Texas reports a minor measles outbreak due to low vaccination rates. Health officials urge vaccinations to prevent the spread.

The governor said the teams will help find, arrest and deport people who entered the country illegally and have active warrants for their arrests.

As airports across the country struggled with delays and cancellations, Austin’s Bergstrom International Airport was able to weather the storm.

Austin barbeque joint Terry Blacks to start construction this year in Houston. It will also bring a boutique hotel to the Heights.

Bishop Joe S. Vásquez has been appointed the Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, replacing retiring Cardinal Daniel DiNardo. Pope Francis appointed Vásquez on Monday after he was appointed the fifth Bishop of Austin in 2010. Vásquez had been a priest for more than 40 years before being ordained a bishop in 2002.

Other Texas cities also ranked high for single-family building permits including Dallas, Austin, San Antonio and New Braunfels.

Two of the four cases are in Lubbock, which hasn’t seen a case in more than 20 years. Measles vaccination rates in Texas have fallen over the last four years.

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Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House,’ detailed how Rogan and the Harris camp could never agree to a time and date.