A California private equity firm just bought a Texas institution. Levine Leichtman Capital Partners just bought Houston-based Shipley Do-Nuts, according to a news release. The price has not been disclosed.

California's Democratic leaders may be closer to figuring out how they'll try to send more Democrats to the U.S. House of Representatives if Texas moves forward with an effort to do the same for Republicans in the 2026 mid-term election.

One Democratic Assemblymember said he’d support Newsom in an attempt to redistrict the state. Another one called the idea “crazy and foolish.”

As Texas moves forward with an off-cycle redistricting to shore up Republicans’ narrow House majority, Gov. Gavin Newsom is plotting a Democratic response in California. But the state’s independent redistricting commission is a major obstacle.

The flooding that occurred over the July 4th weekend in central Texas marks the 10th most deadly flash flood in all of U.S. history. Killing at least 135 people with dozens more missing, this devastating event was caused by unprecedented water levels rising rapidly (more than 26 feet overnight) along the Guadalupe River.

Eight years after the 2017 Nuns-Tubbs wildfires, killing more than 20 people, Sonoma County Emergency Management Dep. Director Sam Wallis said there are similarities, and takeaways, for Texas.

The lawsuit comes shortly after a bill cracking down on the shipment of abortion pills from out of state failed in the Texas Senate.

The ownership of Shipley Do-Nuts, a name intrinsically tied to Houston and the city's various cultural underpinnings, has officially changed hands. Peak Rock Capital announced it has sold the brand to Levine Leichtman Capital Partners, a California-based private equity firm.

Texas was among several states to see historic highs of foreign-born, or immigrant, populations at the start of this year, according to a new study from the Center for Immigration Studies.