Attorneys general representing 15 states plus the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit in a Maryland-based federal district court to block the federal government from returning seized Forced Reset ...

Thirty-three potential noncitizens who voted in the November 2024 general election will be reported to the Texas Office of the Attorney General (OAG), after Secretary of State (SOS) Jane Nelson gained ...

A plethora of bills addressing abortion were filed during Texas’ 89th Legislative Session related to taxpayer-funded abortion travel, chemical abortion pills, clarifying abortion law exceptions, and ...

A final deal was struck in the closing days of the 89th Regular Session on a $338 billion biennial budget, the one constitutional requirement of the Texas Legislature each time it convenes for the ...

Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas announced the conviction of several men in connection with the straw purchase of semi-automatic rifles at a South Texas ...

The Dallas Economic Development Committee got a first look at the study of economic benefits to the City of Dallas of high-speed rail. The study was commissioned in June 2024 and looked at the ...

The Texas Senate succeeded in pushing a majority of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s legislative priorities through both chambers during the regular legislative session. Patrick released a list of 40 pieces of ...

For nearly six years, Dianne Hensley has been fighting to defend her right to practice her religious beliefs by not performing same-sex ceremonies as a justice of the peace in McLennan County. Now her ...

State judges will get their 25 percent pay raise after the Texas House and Senate resolved their differences in a standoff over elected official pension benefits tied to the base judicial salary.

This legislative session had room for one more bit of fireworks before sine die, when the Texas Senate voted for a bill to raise judicial pay but stripped House language that untied their own pensions ...

A mid-size county north of Dallas became a battlefield within the Texas Legislature between the typically mundane industries of cement and semiconductors. Last year, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick visited ...

Both chambers of the Texas Legislature have approved eviction reforms prioritized by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick that will make it easier to remove “squatters” who unlawfully occupy a property without the ...