Hospitalized Texas Democrat Al Green rushed to Capitol for impeachment vote in scrubs, saving Mayorkas ( www.texastribune.org )
The Houston Democrat is recovering from abdominal surgery. Democrats did not expect him to attend the vote, but his surprise appearance sank the impeachment vote....
Feds say Texas is blocking Border Patrol from a section of the border, ask U.S. Supreme Court to intervene ( www.texastribune.org )
The Justice Department says agents can’t access 2.5 miles of the border and a boat ramp in Eagle Pass....
A GOP Texas school board member campaigned against schools indoctrinating kids. Then she read the curriculum. ( www.texastribune.org )
Texas education leaders unveil Bible-infused elementary school curriculum ( www.texastribune.org )
The proposed curriculum overhaul was released a week after the Texas GOP proposed requiring the Bible to be taught in public schools. School districts that opt to use them will get more funding....
Ken Paxton agrees to community service, paying restitution to avoid trial in securities fraud case ( www.texastribune.org )
Paxton, who will not have to enter a plea under the terms of the agreement, faced the prospect of decades in prison if he had been convicted of fraud....
A GOP Texas school board member campaigned against schools indoctrinating kids. Then she read the curriculum. ( www.texastribune.org )
Weeks after winning a school board seat in her deeply red Texas county, Courtney Gore immersed herself in the district’s curriculum, spending her nights and weekends poring over hundreds of pages of lesson plans that she had fanned out on the coffee table in her living room and even across her bed. She was searching for...
Former Texas House speaker says GOP megadonor Tim Dunn told him only Christians should hold leadership positions ( www.texastribune.org )
Financiers plan to launch a Texas-based stock exchange ( www.texastribune.org )
A group of financial firms and investors is planning to launch a Texas-based private market stock exchange and offer traders an alternative to the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq....
Ken Paxton sues five Texas cities that decriminalized marijuana ( www.texastribune.org )
I'm sure this will gain him a lot of help in the next election....
Texas’ ban on certain drag shows is unconstitutional, federal judge says ( www.texastribune.org )
Abortion on the ballot: Amarillo set to vote on abortion travel ban this election ( www.texastribune.org )
Amarillo residents will vote on a so-called abortion travel ban in November, one of the few times Texas voters will have a say on abortion since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022....
Republican Texas school board member campaigned against schools indoctrinating kids. Then she read the curriculum. ( www.texastribune.org )
But after taking office and examining hundreds of pages of curriculum, Gore was shocked by what she found — and didn’t find....
Judge says Texas school district can punish Black student for length of his hairstyle ( www.texastribune.org )
After a short trial, a Texas judge ruled that Barbers Hill school officials are not violating a new state law prohibiting hair discrimination....
Despite grand jury investigation, officers may not face charges in Uvalde shooting response ( www.texastribune.org )
At Texas GOP convention, Republicans call for spiritual warfare ( www.texastribune.org )
No matter how bad you think this could be, it's worse.
Strict rules over delta-8 and delta-9 likely for Texas’ booming hemp industry ( www.texastribune.org )
Lawmakers are struggling to balance demands for medicinal cannabis products with a wildly growing market that is outpacing meaningful regulation....
When Texas jails issue tablets, it comes at cost for inmates and families - A handful of Texas jails have issued electronic tablets to inmates. Counties can make money off their use. ( www.texastribune.org )
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Supreme Court permits Texas police to arrest people who illegally cross the border as the SB 4 legal clash continues ( www.texastribune.org )
Didn't we used to look down on countries that jailed immigrants just for crossing the border? Not exactly where I want my tax dollars going.
Biden says Texas officials delayed request for Beryl federal aid ( www.texastribune.org )
Texas is receiving federal aid for Hurricane Beryl later than needed because state leaders were slow to request an official disaster declaration from the White House, President Joe Biden told the Houston Chronicle Tuesday....
Texas immigrants’ rights groups sue Biden administration over asylum restrictions ( www.texastribune.org )
President Joe Biden’s order, issued a week ago, largely suspends noncitizens’ entry into the country whenever the number of migrants entering the country illegally is high....
Texas attorney general requests transgender youths’ patient records from Georgia clinic ( www.texastribune.org )
House Speaker Dade Phelan wins runoff, surviving challenge by Texas GOP’s far-right forces ( www.texastribune.org )
Proposed Texas GOP platform calls for the Bible in schools, electoral changes that would lock Democrats out of statewide office ( www.texastribune.org )
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UT-Austin announces round of firings in latest step to comply with Texas’ DEI ban ( www.texastribune.org )
The University of Texas at Austin has laid off dozens employees who used to work in diversity, equity and inclusion programs....