Judge strikes down strict voter assistance rules in Texas’ 2021 rewrite of election laws
Texas Republicans passed the legislation known as Senate Bill 1 after former President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election and spread lies about it.
Judge reportedly strikes down Texas law that Ken Paxton frequently uses to investigate companies and nonprofits
A federal judge said Texas’ “request to examine” statute amounts to unconstitutional search and seizure, Bloomberg reported.
Robert Roberson loses one of his final appeals to stop Texas execution
The state’s highest criminal court’s refusal to stay the Oct. 17 execution leaves the Palestine man with few options amid widespread support for clemency.
Texas students can now see which state public universities would accept them before they apply
Students can enter their class rank, grade point average, and standardized test scores to get a list of universities to which they’d be admitted.
Galveston man drops lawsuit against women who allegedly helped his ex-wife get an abortion
The case was filed by Jonathan Mitchell, the anti-abortion lawyer who designed Texas’ 2021 abortion ban that is enforced through private lawsuits.
In Texas’ biggest purple county, this far-right Republican is creating a playbook for local governing
From cutting social services to changing election rules, Tarrant County Judge Tim O’Hare has pushed his agenda with an uncompromising approach.
Can ire over abortion ban finally put a Democrat on the Texas Supreme Court?
Three Republican incumbents are being targeted for their role in recent abortion rulings by a new Democratic political action committee.
Ken Paxton’s voter registration suit against Travis County returned to state court
A federal court’s decision is the latest development in a bitter pre-election brawl between Republican state officials and Democratic county leaders.
Texas Ag Commissioner Sid Miller subpoenaed to testify in his former political consultant’s criminal trial
Todd Smith was indicted in 2022 on felony charges of theft and commercial bribery related to taking money in exchange for hemp licenses that are issued by Miller’s office.
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