False pamphlets causing backlash and confusion, Texas transgender rights group says

The mailers, sent by an organization formed last month in Wyoming, implicate a Texas transgender rights group that says it was not involved.
Texas man seeks to have armed robbery conviction tossed over no-warrant Flock camera search

Defense lawyers asked a federal appeals court to void the conviction, arguing the cameras give police more power than the Constitution allows.
Greg Abbott raked in $9 million from data center-related donors as he called for regulations

About $4.9 million of the haul came from donors who develop, own or operate data centers, a Tribune analysis found. The other share of the donations came from people and groups with indirect financial ties.
Migrant found dead at Laredo ICE facility

The death was confirmed by U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, who said the 56-year-old Mexican national was found unresponsive in his cell. He’s the seventh person in Texas to die while detained by ICE this year.
Hakeem Jeffries to campaign in Texas on behalf of Bexar County congressional candidate Johnny Garcia

Garcia, a former sheriff’s deputy, is running in one of the five districts Republicans redrew last year with the intention of flipping.
For Texas schoolchildren, minor misbehavior can mean criminal charges

More students ages 10 to 13 are ending up in the justice system after vaping, making threats and lashing out at school.
In Senate race, Paxton and Talarico each promise relief from rising energy costs in Texas

The candidates are miles apart on climate, but both are making affordability a central issue as Texans grapple with spiking prices.
How Gina Hinojosa went from progressive to populist, emerging as Greg Abbott’s most formidable challenger

Hinojosa has gone from unknown state lawmaker to Abbott’s most viable Democratic challenger yet — a surge that has dared Democrats to wonder if she could actually topple this mainstay of the Texas Republican establishment.
Bobby Pulido pitches himself as the Democrat “you used to vote for” in bid to oust Rep. Monica De La Cruz

In Texas’ 15th Congressional District, the Tejano musician is trying to remind voters of the Democratic Party their abuelitas supported for decades. The GOP incumbent casts him as a relic of a “corrupt, compadre system.”
Texas discovers more backlogged voter registration records days before early voting begins

Local election officials must now process thousands of voter address updates before early voting starts Monday.