In response to President Joe Biden’s recent slew of executive actions announced on Thursday aiming to reduce gun violence, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has vowed to make Texas a “2nd Amendment Sanctuary state.” Biden undertook his first attempt as president […]
A group of nine Texans have filed a lawsuit against the state’s attorney general Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Filed on Thursday by the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University and the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, the […]
Texas House Republicans passed partisan House Bill 6 out of the House Elections Committee on Thursday, moving the bill forward toward a full House vote. The election bill would impose criminal penalties on local election officials and is a part […]
U.S. Congresswoman Veronica Escobar joined nine other lawmakers on Wednesday in signing the lawsuit accusing former president Donald Trump of inciting the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol in January. Originally filed in February by the National Association for the […]
After the Texas Senate unanimously approved a two-year $250 billion state budget Tuesday, school districts, education associations, and corporations are lobbying the Legislature to release federal funds to Texas schools in response to pandemic-related losses. The Senate’s budget includes $117.9 […]
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the Biden administration yesterday over its procedures for deporting undocumented immigrants who have been convicted of crimes. Alleging that Biden’s policies “allow dangerous illegal aliens already convicted of felony offenses to freely roam the […]
Gov. Greg Abbott announced plans on Monday to boycott Major League Baseball events following the league’s decision to pull its All-Star Game from Georgia. The Texas governor cited the ‘false narrative’ of voter suppression as motivating his decision. The MLB […]
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order on Tuesday prohibiting state agencies or political subdivisions in the state from creating a vaccine passport requirement, or otherwise conditioning receipt of services on an individual’s COVID-19 vaccination status. “Everyday, Texans are […]
In an official statement released today, Texas GOP Party Chairman Allen West attacked what he described as the “new woke fascist corporate oligarchy” and the recent For the People Act. Reaffirming his conviction that pandemic-related election measures taken up before […]
Following Sery Kim’s comments on Chinese immigration at a GOP forum last week, the Republican candidate for the 6th congressional district is facing immense backlash and has lost the endorsement of two representatives who formerly supported her run. Kim is […]
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