Michelle Beckley, One of the Texas House’s Most Liberal Members, Joins Democratic Primary for...
Democratic state Rep. Michelle Beckley of Carrollton, who gained national attention for joining lawmakers who fled to Washington, D.C., to block a Republican election bill this summer,...
Texas Judge Rules Federal Eviction Moratorium Unconstitutional. Lawyers and Advocates Disagree on What That...
The federal moratorium on evictions is unconstitutional, a federal judge in Texas ruled Thursday, siding with property owners in the state who have argued...
Two Constables, Four Police Chiefs And Over 3,000 Other Texans Were Members Of The...
More than 3,000 Texans — including four police chiefs, two county sheriffs, two constables and two county commissioners — have been members of the...
Appeals Court Rejects AG Ken Paxton’s Bid to Avoid Testifying in Whistleblower Case
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton faces a legal setback as the state appeals court in Austin denies his attempt to avoid testifying in a...
Mexico “Rejects” Texas’ Proposal To Allow State Police To Deport Undocumented Immigrants
The Mexican government on Wednesday responded to the state Legislature’s passage of Senate Bill 4 — which creates a state crime for entering the...
Texas Senate OKs stricter limits on city, county property tax revenue
The Texas Senate advanced a proposal Wednesday aimed at gut-checking city and county property tax bills as Republican lawmakers seek ways to rein in...
For their walkout, Texas Democrats get national attention — and partisan retribution at home
When Texas House Democrats returned to the Capitol after walking out over the GOP’s new congressional map, they were cheered by supporters as bulwarks...
As Early Voting Begins, Pressure Is On For Beto O’Rourke To Close The Gap...
It’s crunch time for Beto O’Rourke.
The Democratic nominee for governor is entering the final stretch of his third campaign in six years with the...
Abbott vows to immediately call Texas lawmakers back to work if special session ends...
The state's top three elected officials — Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dustin Burrows — said Tuesday the Legislature...
ACLU Calls On Feds To Investigate Abbott’s Policy Transporting Migrants Back To Border
The American Civil Liberties Union is calling on the federal government to stop cooperating with Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive order authorizing state troopers to...
