Ken Paxton unveils economic plan centered on tax breaks in U.S. Senate race
The Republican attorney general is starting a tour next week to promote the plan, which would create new housing and healthcare tax write-offs.
Texas is banning several THC products. Find out what will still be legal on July 31.
Although several synthetically derived cannabis products will be banned on July 31, delta-9 THC products will still remain legal.
Trump says he may pull Blanche’s attorney general nomination until Cornyn leaves office
The president suggested Cornyn was holding up Todd Blanche’s nomination because he endorsed Ken Paxton over the senior senator. Cornyn said it has nothing to do with their political history.
State finds some registered Texas voters were wrongly flagged as potential noncitizens
The secretary of state told counties to immediately reinstate any Texans who were removed from the voter roll despite showing DPS proof of citizenship.
ACLU launches legal claims in 17 states against immigration detention conditions, including Texas
A $10 million claim by Elton Purvis, who was held in Texas for seven months before his deportation, is part of the group’s allegations that immigrants’ medical and other needs were neglected.
Dream Con brought Black nerd culture to Texas, but to keep it, founders say support is needed
Dream Con, one of the country’s largest Black-owned pop culture conventions, is at risk of looking elsewhere to find financial support and resources.
Texas could send a record four GOP women to Congress — if they make it through November
Despite sending more Republicans to Congress than any other state, Texas has elected only five GOP women to the U.S. House in its history. Redistricting and retirements could change things.
Corpus Christi City Council rejects $60,000 community gift to benefit water desalination plant
The donation was intended to cover the cost of applying for a federal grant to build a city-owned treatment plant.
John Cornyn’s unmet demands imperil Trump’s U.S. attorney general nomination ahead of key vote
Texas’ outgoing senator has insisted on written assurance that President Trump’s “anti-weaponization fund” is dead as a condition for voting to advance Todd Blanche’s nomination.
Paxton lawsuit prompts end of federal endangered species protection for Texas lizard
The state’s attorney general sued the Biden administration in 2024, citing incomplete data for the updated endangered status of the Permian Basin’s native dunes sagebrush lizard.