In his campaign's first 24 hours, Menefee has raised more than $200,000 from 5,000 donors, his team announced Tuesday.

Five years after Texas’ first COVID death, the state spends less on public health, vaccination rates have dropped and a distrust of authority has taken hold.

One is a fifth-year senior who began his career at a mid-major, the other a first-year wunderkind recruited by everyone. The first is a now leading a program on the rise, while the other is the ...