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Dallas mayor switches parties, making the city the nation's largest with a GOP mayor
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson announced Friday that he is switching to the Republican Party, making the city the largest in the U.S. to be led by a GOP mayor. Although mayoral offices in Texas are nonpartisan, the switch is a boost for Texas Republicans who have...
GOP candidate challenging election loss in race to lead Texas' most populous county drops lawsuit
HOUSTON (AP) — The highest profile Republican candidate who had sued seeking to overturn election results in the nation’s third-most populous county, a Democratic stronghold in deeply red Texas, has dropped her lawsuit. Alexandra del Moral Mealer was one of 21 GOP candidates who...
What are the articles of impeachment against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton?
The Texas Senate acquitted state Attorney General Ken Paxton on 16 articles of impeachment Saturday after a two-week trial. Paxton, a Republican and star of the conservatives legal movement, now returns to office after being suspended since May when the GOP-controlled House voted...
Timeline leading to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's acquittal in his impeachment trial
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A timeline of events that led to the acquittal of three-term Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton during his impeachment trial in the state Senate. The trial started Sept. 5 and ended Sept. 16. The overwhelming impeachment vote in May by the GOP-controlled Texas House...
Federal judge again declares that DACA is illegal with issue likely to be decided by Supreme Court
HOUSTON (AP) — While a federal judge on Wednesday declared illegal a revised version of a federal policy that prevents the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, he declined to order an immediate end to the program and the protections it offers to...
Editorial Roundup: Texas
Dallas Morning News. September 9, 2023. Editorial: Texans need to be more cautious with delta-8 THC Popular cannabis products are largely untested. Texas has wisely taken a slow and cautious approach by resisting calls to legalize marijuana for...
Timeline of events leading to the impeachment of Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A timeline of events that led to the impeachment trial of three-term Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton in the state Senate. The trial started Tuesday. The overwhelming impeachment vote in May by the GOP-controlled Texas House of Representatives suspended the...
Conservative book ban push fuels library exodus from national association that stands up for books
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — After parents in a rural and staunchly conservative Wyoming county joined nationwide pressure on librarians to pull books they considered harmful to youngsters, the local library board obliged with new policies making such books a higher priority for removal — and keeping...
Editorial Roundup: Texas
Austin American-Statesman. September 3, 2023. Editorial: Legalize drug testing strips in special legislative session Travis County residents got a double dose of worrisome public health news in August, as data showed the county is on pace to lead the state in fentanyl...
A federal judge strikes down a Texas law requiring age verification to view pornographic websites
A federal judge has struck down a Texas law requiring age verification and health warnings to view pornographic websites and blocked the state attorney general's office from enforcing it. In a ruling Thursday, U.S. District Judge David Ezra agreed with claims that House Bill 1181,...
