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Chuy's Tex-Mex restaurants will mark the 2018 Hatch chile season with dishes that include the Cosmic Combo plate that includes Chicken Velvet enchiladas made with green chile.

Popular Tex-Mex chain won't call Texas home any longer

Is it still "Tex-Mex" if it's not based in Texas?

U.S. Rep. Colin Allred (D-Dallas) will go on to face incumbent U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) in November in a potentially historic election for Lone Star State Democrats.

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HOUSTON, TX - AUGUST 13: Houston Astros third base coach Gary Pettis (8) is in the home dugout during the MLB game between the Los Angeles Angels and Houston Astros on August 13, 2023 at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Leslie Plaza Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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United Airlines Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft spotted flying on final approach for landing at London Heathrow Airport in the United Kingdom. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner wide body passenger airplane has the registration tail number N26970 and is powered by 2x GE Genx-1b74/75 jet engines. United is a major US airline carrier with headquarters and main hub base at Chicago, USA with a fleet of 967 planes ranking on of the largest airlines in the world, member of Star Alliance aviation group. The airliner arrives from Los Angeles LAX as flight UA923. London, England, UK on September 2024 (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

United Airlines unveils new international flights for Houston

The new routes are the largest-ever international expansion by the airline.

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 25: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) departs from the Senate Chambers following a cloture vote on the Kids Online Safety Act in the U.S. Capitol Building on July 25, 2024 in Washington, DC. Proponents of the bipartisan Kids Online Safety Act, say the bill aims to protect children from online harms for the first time since 1998. It has support from parents' groups, advocacy organizations, and companies like Microsoft, X, and Snap. (Photo by Tierney L. Cross/Getty Images)

Republican super PAC warns the end may be near for Ted Cruz

An GOP internal memo says Sen. Ted Cruz is hanging on by a thread.

Robert Roberson photographed through plexiglass at TDCJ Polunsky Unit, on Dec. 19, 2023.

Texas' conservative Christians reimagine stance on death penalty

Many Christians want to end the "archaic, unethical system."

AUSTIN, TEXAS - OCTOBER 13: Chappell Roan performs during Austin City Limits Music Festival weekend two at Zilker Park on October 13, 2024 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Dana Jacobs/FilmMagic)

Chappell Roan caps off unprecedented rise to stardom at ACL Fest

The Midwest princess never expected to be famous.

A former employee of the Galveston Beach Patrol, a division of the Galveston Park Board of Trustees, has been accused of embezzling nearly $60,000 meant to build a monument for the city's Black lifeguards during the Jim Crow era.

Suspected embezzlement leads to shakeup at Galveston Beach Patrol

Nearly $60,000 has gone missing from the lifeguarding association's account.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 20: (L-R) Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons attend the 'Kinds Of Kindness' New York Premiere at Museum of Modern Art on June 20, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/WireImage)

Jesse Plemons, Kirsten Dunst show their Texas barbecue skills

The Oscar-nominated couple went to a smokehouse in a small Lone Star State town.

A large fire ravaged a parking lot at a Galleria-area apartment complex.

30 cars destroyed in massive Galleria-area parking lot blaze

Arson investigators are on the scene.

Shio Ramen served at the new Mensho Tokyo Ramen in San Francisco , Calif., on Sunday, February 28, 2016, (Photo By Carlos Avila Gonzalez/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)

Houston's Asiatown welcomes Michelin-recommended restaurant

The ramen bar is just the newest international brand to join Asiatown's offerings.

Hakeem Olajuwon and Karl Malone both had big games in the series finale, but it was the Rockets who moved on after outlasting the Jazz in Game 5 of their 1995 first-round series.

Barack Obama knows ball, names Rockets legend as NBA's top center

"The Dream" is finally getting the recognition he deserves.

2603 Augusta Drive. The new change in ownership will hopefully help the property reduce its vacancy rate.

Houston investment partners take a chance on dying Galleria office

The 16-story building is only 50 percent leased.

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Upgrade your sleep quality with dreamlike savings.

Ethos, seemingly a new American restaurant, doesn't list an address on its social profiles or its official site.

New restaurant claims to be No. 1 in Austin. But there's a catch.

Ethos has no physical address, and its reservations page won't get you very far.

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