[274], Texas is a "tax donor state"; in 2005, for every dollar Texans paid to the federal government in federal income taxes, the state got back about $0.94 in benefits. Among Protestant Christians, which as a whole declined to 47% of the population in a separate study by the Public Religion Research Institute, predominantly-white Evangelical Protestantism declined to 14% of the Protestant Christian population. [13] The origin of Texas's name is from the Caddo word tysha meaning 'friends'.[14]. [46][47] Cabeza de Vaca reported that in 1528, when the Spanish landed in the area, "half the natives died from a disease of the bowels and blamed us. After starting all 14 games for Michigan in 2021 and injuring his knee three games into 2022, Cade McNamara looks at his move to Iowa as a fresh start. Dallas hosts the State Fair of Texas each year at Fair Park. [371], The Trust for America's Health ranked Texas 15th highest in adult obesity, with 27.2 percent of the state's population measured as obese. [383], The Texas Medical Center in Houston, holds the world's largest concentration of research and healthcare institutions, with over 50 member institutions. Su pronunciacin correcta es [tjas], no [tksas]. [387] The University of Texas Health Science Center is another highly ranked research and educational institution in San Antonio. [156][157][158] Over 3 million Texans were without power and over 4 million were under boil notices. In the same manner they kill deer, encircling them with fires, and they do it also to deprive the animals of pasture, compelling them to go for food where the Indians want.[49]. Other major cities include Austin, the second most populous state capital in the U.S., and El Paso. Get the latest news and information for the Texas A&M Aggies. [437] The party also attracted some minorities, but many have continued to vote for Democratic candidates. [448] Residents of counties along the Rio Grande closer to the MexicoUnited States border, where there are many Latino residents, generally vote for Democratic Party candidates, while most other rural and suburban areas of Texas have shifted to voting for Republican Party candidates. [87] This launched the Texas Revolution, and over the next two months the Texians defeated all Mexican troops in the region. [67] Eager for new land, many United States settlers refused to recognize the agreement. [375] In May 2021, the state legislature passed the Texas Heartbeat Act, which banned abortion from as early as six weeks of pregnancy, except to save the life of the mother. Career attorneys and analysts at the Department of Justice objected to the plan as diluting the votes of African American and Hispanic voters, but political appointees overrode them and approved it. [136] By 1990, Hispanics and Latino Americans overtook blacks to become the largest traditional minority group in the state. This makes it the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. [376][377] On August 25, 2022, another law took effect that made committing abortion at any stage of pregnancy a felony punishable by life in prison. When Europeans arrived in the Texas region, several different cultures of Native peoples, divided into many smaller tribes, were living there. Municipal, school district, and special district elections are nonpartisan,[214] though the party affiliation of a candidate may be well-known.