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James Barragan, The Texas Tribune

James Barragan, The Texas Tribune
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Ken Paxton’s Criminal Case Can Be Heard in his Hometown of Collin County, After...

Attorney General Ken Paxton's securities fraud case back to tried in his home county in North Texas, an appeals court affirmed Thursday when it...

Gov. Greg Abbott Calls Special Legislative Session for Redistricting, Other Conservative Priorities Starting Sept....

Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday announced a third special legislative session that will begin on Sept. 20 and tackle redistricting, restrictions on transgender student...

Private Donations for a Texas Border Wall Have Soared to $54 Million. But It’s...

Gov. Greg Abbott's efforts to raise private funds to build a wall along the Texas-Mexico border surged in August, from around $1 million at...

After a Nearly Six-week Exodus Over Gop Voting Bill, Enough Democrats Return to Texas...

For the first time in nearly six weeks, enough lawmakers were present in the Texas House on Thursday for the chamber to conduct business...

Joe Biden Takes Aim at States Blocking Mask Mandates, Setting Gov. Greg Abbott up...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott may soon be fighting a war on two fronts — with local officials and the federal government — to stave...

Texas to Spend $25 Million on 2-mile Concrete Barrier Amid Gov. Greg Abbott’s Push...

The Texas Department of Transportation is set to pay nearly $25 million for the construction of a nearly 2-mile concrete barrier along the border...

Texas Supreme Court Allows for Arrest of Democrats Who Don’t Show up to Legislature

The Texas Supreme Court has voided a state district judge's temporary restraining order barring the arrest of Democratic lawmakers who have refused to return...

Democrats Who Fled Texas Sue Gov. Greg Abbott, Speaker Dade Phelan, Saying Efforts to...

Twenty-two Texas House Democrats sued some of the state’s top Republican leaders in federal court in Austin late Friday, alleging that GOP officials’efforts to...

Gov. Greg Abbott Promised “Transparency and Accountability” for Border Wall Donations. But Donors Don’t...

Stephen F. Austin, Donnie Darko and a person who calls himself the King of the Wild Frontier were among the first people to give...

Texas House Speaker Offers Democrats Free Plane Ride Home to Return to State

The push to bring fugitive Texas Democrats back to Austin could be reaching new heights. House Speaker Dade Phelan said Thursday that he will charter...
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