2025 in Texas
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The following is a list of events of the year 2025 in the U.S. state of Texas.
Incumbents
State government
- Governor: Greg Abbott (R)
- Lieutenant Governor: Dan Patrick (R)
- Attorney General: Ken Paxton (R)
- Comptroller: Glenn Hegar (R)
- Land Commissioner: Dawn Buckingham (R)
- Agriculture Commissioner: Sid Miller (R)
- Railroad Commissioners: Christi Craddick (R), Wayne Christian (R), and Jim Wright (R)
City governments
- Mayor of Houston: John Whitmire (D)
- Mayor of San Antonio: Ron Nirenberg (I) (until June 18), Gina Ortiz Jones (D) (since June 18)
- Mayor of Dallas: Eric Johnson (R)
- Mayor of Austin: Kirk Watson (D)
- Mayor of Fort Worth: Mattie Parker (R)
- Mayor of El Paso: Oscar Leeser (D) (until January 6), Renard Johnson (D) (since January 6)
- Mayor of Lubbock: Mark McBrayer (R)[1]
Events
January
- January 16 – SpaceX launches its seventh test flight of the Starship launch vehicle, with an improved second stage out of its Starbase launch site in Boca Chica. The company catches the first stage but the second stage breaks up shortly before engine shutdown.[2]
February
- February 24 – The Department of State Health Services in Texas places several major cities in the state on high alert due to a measles outbreak that spreads to 99 people in Texas and New Mexico, the third-largest outbreak since it was considered eliminated in the U.S. in 2000.[3]
- February 25 – The Texas Department of State Health Services reports the first death in the ongoing measles outbreak, the casualty is a child in that died in a hospital in Lubbock.[4]
- February 27 – Two people are killed when a Robinson R44 helicopter crashes on a private property in Uvalde.[5]
- February 28 – The number of measles cases in Texas increases to 146 with 20 people hospitalized, spanning nine counties.[6]
March
- March 4 – Strong storms and tornados cause damage across North Texas, with thousands losing power in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.[7]
April
- April 2 – 17-year-old Austin Metcalf is stabbed to death at a track meet in Frisco. Another 17-year-old is charged with murder.[8]
May
- May 3 – Voters, largely employees of SpaceX, approve a measure to incorporate the space of Cameron County that SpaceX occupies into the city of Starbase.[9]
- May 4 – One person is killed and 13 injured in a mass shooting at a family party in southeast Houston.[10]
- May 25 – The Texas House of Representatives passes A bill that would require the Ten Commandments to be posted in every public school classroom in Texas.[11]
- May 28 – The Texas Senate passes the Ten Commandments bill.[12]
June
- June 6 – Texas beats Texas Tech to win the 2025 NCAA Division I softball tournament, their first title.[13]
- June 7 — 2025 San Antonio mayoral election: In San Antonio, Gina Ortiz Jones is elected mayor, and will become the city's first lesbian mayor and the first female Asian American mayor of a major city in Texas.[14]
- June 12 – At least thirteen people are killed by flooding in San Antonio.[15]
- June 20 – Texas' Supreme Court ruled that Southwest Airlines pilots can sue Boeing over 737 MAX crashes.[16]
- June 21 – Governor Abbott signs a law that will require all public schools to display the Ten Commandments in their classrooms. A similar law was blocked by a federal court in Louisiana the previous day.[17]
- June 27 – The Supreme Court upholds the Texas law requiring age verification for accessing pornographic websites.[18]
July
- July 3 – Over a hundred people are killed by flooding in central Texas, with Kerr County hit the hardest. Multiple summer camps, including Camp Mystic, are hit by floods, and the casualties include campers, staff, and camp directors.[19]
- July 4 – An Alvarado Police officer is shot in the neck near an ICE facility. Ten people are arrested.[20]
- July 7 – A 27-year-old man shoots at Border Patrol agents outside a facility in McAllen, injuring one, before being shot and killed by other agents.[21]
See also
References
- ^ "Live Results: Texas State Senate Special, Lubbock Mayor". 270toWin. May 4, 2024. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
- ^ Sheetz, Michael (January 16, 2025). "SpaceX's Starship rocket breaks up after launch, flights divert after FAA debris warning". CNBC. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
- ^ "Measles alerts issued in San Antonio, New Braunfels and San Marcos as Texas outbreak spreads". TPR. February 24, 2025. Retrieved February 26, 2025.
- ^ "Texas announces first death in measles outbreak | Texas DSHS". www.dshs.texas.gov. Retrieved February 26, 2025.
- ^ "Latest details in deadly helicopter crash in Kinney County". kens5.com. February 27, 2025. Retrieved March 5, 2025.
- ^ "Texas measles cases rise to 146 in an outbreak that led to a child's death". AP News. February 28, 2025.
- ^ Andrews, Evan (March 4, 2025). "Dallas weather: Damage across North Texas, tornado touches down in Irving". FOX 4. Retrieved March 5, 2025.
- ^ Guerrero, Maria (April 17, 2025). "Reporter notebook: A closer look at a bond hearing held for teen accused in track meet stabbing". NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
- ^ Chow, Denise; Parra, Marissa (May 3, 2025). "Welcome to Starbase: Texas has a new city home to Elon Musk's SpaceX". NBC News. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
- ^ "At least 1 dead after 14 people shot at a Houston family party, police say". The Associated Press. May 4, 2025. Retrieved May 4, 2025.
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- ^ "Texas bests TTU to win first NCAA softball title". ESPN. June 7, 2025. Retrieved June 7, 2025.
- ^ Gans, Jared (June 7, 2025). "Democrats fend off GOP in San Antonio mayor runoff election". thehill.com.
- ^ Frazier, Kierra (June 14, 2025). "At least 13 dead, several missing in San Antonio after rapid flooding". CBS News. Retrieved June 15, 2025.
- ^ "Southwest Airlines pilot union can sue over Boeing 737 MAX crashes, Texas Supreme Court rules". KERA News. June 20, 2025. Retrieved June 24, 2025.
- ^ Vertuno, Jim (June 21, 2025). "New Texas law will require Ten Commandments to be posted in every public school classroom". The Associated Press. Retrieved June 21, 2025.
- ^ Totenberg, Nina (June 27, 2025). "Supreme Court sides with Texas' age verification law for porn sites". NPR. Retrieved July 2, 2025.
- ^ Fingerhut, Hannah (July 4, 2025). "At least 6 dead and more missing in Texas Hill Country after severe flash flooding". The Associated Press. Retrieved July 4, 2025.
- ^ Brown, Briauna; Montoya-Galvez, Camilo (July 5, 2025). "Several in custody after North Texas police officer shot in neck outside ICE facility". CBS News. Retrieved July 5, 2025.
- ^ Gonzalez, Valerie (July 7, 2025). "Man killed after shooting at a US Border Patrol facility in southern Texas". The Associated Press. Retrieved July 7, 2025.