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Texas Speaker of the House Joe Straus is stepping down, beginning a Lone Star-style showdown that’s sure to shake up the Texas Capitol. Texas governors like George W. Bush and…

…to block the state law giving Texas control over immigration enforcement, said it was an “unprecedented intrusion into federal immigration enforcement.” Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has said Biden’s failure…

…in Texas in 2022 was approximately $470 billion, representing 20 percent of the state’s GDP, compared to California’s 10 percent. Then there are AI’s astounding energy needs — and Texas…

…limit. Recalling the effort to reform limit property tax increases in Texas, Bettencourt said, “It took three regular sessions of the Texas legislature to pass property tax relief in the…

…well-timed with Texas primary elections next spring.  The Texas Education Freedom Act Texas state Sen. Brandon Creighton, R-Conroe, introduced Senate Bill 1, named the Texas Education Freedom Act, on Oct….

…Texas from continuing the licensing of migrant facilities that are under contract with the Biden administration. Thousands of migrants are being held in Texas, with one facility in El Paso…

…who designed the survey, the Texas Policy Evaluation Project, which is associated with The University of Texas at Austin, has been reporting on abortions, self-induction, and reproduction for years. It’s…

…unclear what witnesses Texas intends to call, as the parties agreed not to file their witness lists with the court. But there is abundant evidence available to support Texas’s claim…

…election crimes in Texas, and you generally don’t find what you don’t look for.  In 2005, the office of the Texas attorney general only had a part-time prosecutor pursuing election…

…Texas has not learned the right lesson of history—the principle of color blindness. The University of Texas continues to discriminate on the basis of race, boasts about it, and expends…

Texas is seeing a hot summer, and with ongoing economic growth, electricity demand within the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) region has already set all-time records. Still, the hottest…

…New Mexico, and Texas. Of those four states, California and Texas have demographic profiles most closely matching our nation’s demographic future. Which version of America’s future provides opportunity for all…

…at the Texas Tribune Festival, an annual weekend confab of politicians, journalists, and policy wonks at the University of Texas at Austin. While NFL players and officials were busy protesting…

…beat. In addition to restricting abortion, Texas also allocated $100 million to support women, babies, and families. Texas has thereby given other states a policy model to follow. Despite this…

A grave injustice has prevailed over the United States for decades, but things are finally being set right in Texas. In 2018, Texas is the only state to have enacted…

…Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Sunday that “Texas has demonstrated that even in the most exigent circumstances, it will not allow Border Patrol access to the border to conduct…

…have been born in Texas since it enacted the Texas Heartbeat law last year, state lawmakers now have an opportunity during this legislative session to invest even more in women…

On Friday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that about 95,000 non-U.S. citizens had registered to vote in Texas and that nearly 58,000 of those individuals had voted in one…

…them cheap, reliable power. But why is EPA picking on Texas? Let’s Mess with Texas Like every other state (presumably all 57), Texas will be required to change its laws…

Things are surreal here in Texas right now. From Dallas to San Antonio, century-old low temperature records were shattered almost every day this week. The state is blanketed in snow…

…Texas as national Democrats pursue the chimera of a blue Texas, and with it, a permanently blue America. And Hispanic voters could be the ones to light the pyre. Looking…

…47 major school districts with a combined enrollment of 1.4 million students (about 26 percent of Texas public school students), plus hundreds of other smaller districts in rural Texas. “This…

Right now, more than 100 babies are being saved from abortion every day in Texas. The Texas Heartbeat Act is currently enforceable, even as the abortion industry and Biden administration…

In a big-tent party, the Texas tent seems pretty small. On Saturday, the Texas Republican Party rejected the Texas Log Cabin Republicans, the state chapter of the Republican Party’s largest…

…transgender efforts desired by the boy’s mother. Texas family law is complex and fraught with peril, as Jeff learned Tuesday when a Texas jury ruled against him. Instead of honoring…

…number of celebrities, who possess little-to-no policy expertise, voiced their disapproval. https://twitter.com/GeorgeTakei/status/1366916858167894018 https://twitter.com/billyeichner/status/1366865003874185217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1366865003874185217%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fentertainment%2F2021%2F03%2F03%2Fhollywood-celebrities-rage-at-gov-abbott-for-opening-texas-lifting-mask-mandate-gop-is-a-death-cult%2F https://twitter.com/RoArquette/status/1366860365317869572?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1366860365317869572%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fentertainment%2F2021%2F03%2F03%2Fhollywood-celebrities-rage-at-gov-abbott-for-opening-texas-lifting-mask-mandate-gop-is-a-death-cult%2F https://twitter.com/chelseahandler/status/1366890478348591107?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1366890478348591107%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fentertainment%2F2021%2F03%2F03%2Fhollywood-celebrities-rage-at-gov-abbott-for-opening-texas-lifting-mask-mandate-gop-is-a-death-cult%2F https://twitter.com/MJMcKean/status/1366846604913778689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1366846604913778689%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fentertainment%2F2021%2F03%2F03%2Fhollywood-celebrities-rage-at-gov-abbott-for-opening-texas-lifting-mask-mandate-gop-is-a-death-cult%2F https://twitter.com/birbigs/status/1366897068330131458?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1366897068330131458%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fentertainment%2F2021%2F03%2F03%2Fhollywood-celebrities-rage-at-gov-abbott-for-opening-texas-lifting-mask-mandate-gop-is-a-death-cult%2F https://twitter.com/BradleyWhitford/status/1366943165391925251?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1366943165391925251%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fentertainment%2F2021%2F03%2F03%2Fhollywood-celebrities-rage-at-gov-abbott-for-opening-texas-lifting-mask-mandate-gop-is-a-death-cult%2F “To all the leftists crying because Texas and Mississippi have announced they…

For the first time since 1997, Texas education officials are reviewing — and potentially revising — health standards for all Texas public schools. While this should be an opportunity for…

…Texas one) — involve similar statutes enacted by the overwhelmingly Republican legislatures of Florida and Texas and signed into law by two Republican governors. The Texas law is much narrower…

Armed with a case of beer and plenty of cell phones for selfies, on July 12 more than 50 Texas Democrats fled to Washington D.C. to deny the Texas House…

…complicated—and less dramatic—than what is being portrayed by the president and the corporate media. What is the Texas Heartbeat Law? On May 19, 2021, Gov. Greg Abbott signed the Texas…

…Texas House of Representatives. For instance, in 2017, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott expressed frustration with the Texas House after a special session. “I’m disappointed that all 20 items that I…

If Americans want to understand how genuine “voter suppression” works, they should take a look at the widespread disenfranchisement of voters in Harris County, Texas, during the 2022 midterms. On…

…listed as an issue on her congressional campaign website. Her bio only gives one nod to her Texas Senate claim to fame, saying she stood “to fight for Texas women’s…

…the Texas Legislature is determined to shine a light on what really happens in abortion clinics across the country. The Texas lawmaker responsible for the parts of Senate Bill 8…

…Speaker Nancy Pelosi and a White House official tested positive soon after meeting with the Texas Democrats. And the attention Democrats were hoping for soon turned sour, with Texas’s major…

…other states wondering: How could this happen in Texas, the nation’s energy powerhouse? But policy experts have seen this moment coming for years. The only surprise is that the house…