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How Texas' plans to arrest migrants for illegal entry would work if allowed to take effect

Mar. 18, 2024 18:05 PM EDT

McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Texas' plan to arrest migrants who cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally is on hold while the Supreme Court considers a challenge to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's latest move over immigration. The nation's highest court put the law on pause over a lawsuit led...

Editorial Roundup: Texas

Mar. 18, 2024 07:11 AM EDT

Fort Worth Star-Telegram. March 15, 2024. Editorial: Educators are struggling, leaving Texas schools. What can we do to help right now? It’s no secret that Fort Worth-area educators are struggling — not just teaching our community’s kids but to even stay in...

Georgia House speaker aims to persuade resistant Republicans in voucher push

Mar. 13, 2024 17:12 PM EDT

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns is leaning into the push to pass a voucher plan funding private school tuition and home schooling, looking to change the minds of fellow Republican skeptics. Burns made what he said was his first-ever appearance at a House Education...

UK and Texas pledge closer trade ties. A wider deal with the US government has stalled

Mar. 13, 2024 12:22 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Britain signed a trade agreement with Texas on Wednesday, the eighth the U.K. has inked with a U.S. state in the absence of a wider free trade deal with the U.S. government. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed the document in London alongside U.K. Trade Secretary Kemi...

Supreme Court extends pause on Texas law that would allow state police to arrest migrants

Mar. 12, 2024 12:08 PM EDT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court extended a pause Tuesday on a Texas law that would allow police to arrest migrants accused of crossing into the country illegally as federal and state officials prepare for a showdown over immigration enforcement authority. Justice...

Editorial Roundup: Texas

Mar. 11, 2024 07:11 AM EDT

Dallas Morning News. March 9, 2024. Editorial: Renewable energy will transform Texas if lawmakers stay out of the way Texas’ carbon-free energy moments signal a bright future. Solar and wind power are often dismissed as niche sources of power that are...

Texas approves land-swapping deal with SpaceX as company hopes to expand rocket-launch operations

Mar. 06, 2024 19:24 PM EST

MCALLEN, Texas (AP) — SpaceX would acquire public land in Texas to expand its rocket-launch facilities under a tentative deal that is moving forward after months of opposition from nearby residents and officials near the U.S.-Mexico border. The tentative land-swapping deal moved...

A Texas GOP brawl is dragging to a runoff. How the power struggle may push Republicans further right

Mar. 06, 2024 17:28 PM EST

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Republican power struggle in Texas that could push the state even further right come November isn't cooling down. The brawl within the Texas Republican primary this week was fought over personal and political reasons and left insurgent challengers emboldened...

Fire chief in Texas city hit hard by wildfires dies while fighting a house fire

Mar. 05, 2024 19:18 PM EST

A Texas fire chief whose small town was among the hardest hit last week by historic blazes sweeping across the Panhandle died Tuesday while fighting a house fire, authorities said. The house fire that Fritch Fire Chief Zeb Smith, 40, responded to wasn't caused by a wildfire, but...

Supreme Court temporarily blocks Texas law that allows police to arrest migrants

Mar. 04, 2024 21:24 PM EST

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ plans to arrest migrants who enter the U.S. illegally and order them to leave the country is headed to the Supreme Court in a legal showdown over the federal government’s authority over immigration. An order issued Monday by Justice Samuel Alito puts...