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Voters to choose between US Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee and state Sen. John Whitmire for Houston mayor
HOUSTON (AP) — Two of Houston’s most powerful and longest serving political titans are facing off in a mayoral runoff election Saturday to see who will lead the nation’s fourth largest city, a young and diverse metro area facing challenges including crime, crumbling infrastructure and...
AP Election Brief | What to expect in Houston's mayoral runoff election
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s down to two candidates in the race to lead the nation’s fourth-largest city. U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee and state Sen. John Whitmire will face off in Saturday’s runoff election to be the next mayor of Houston. Whitmire and Jackson Lee, both Democrats,...
Louisiana governor-elect names former gubernatorial candidate to lead state's department of revenue
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana Gov.-elect Jeff Landry named Richard Nelson, a Republican state lawmaker who spearheaded proposals to eliminate Louisiana's income tax, as the next revenue secretary. Nelson, who has served as a state representative since 2020, had campaigned for...
Texas women who could not get abortions despite health risks take challenge to state's Supreme Court
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday scrutinized efforts to clarify exceptions to the state's abortion ban, which a growing number of women say forced them to continue pregnancies despite serious risks to their health. The Texas lawsuit is among the biggest...
Editorial Roundup: Texas
Dallas Morning News. November 26, 2023. Editorial: High-speed rail: Should Dallas to Fort Worth be Texas’ first route? We should be talking about NCTCOG’s early stages high-speed rail project between Dallas and Fort Worth. As congestion and accidents plague our...
Texas businessman at center of Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment facing new charges
DALLAS (AP) — A Texas businessman at the center of the scandal that led to the historic impeachment of state Attorney General Ken Paxton has been charged with additional federal crimes. The new indictment of Nate Paul alleges that he defrauded business partners, adding to earlier...
The Supreme Court seems likely to preserve a gun law that protects domestic violence victims
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seemed likely Tuesday to preserve a federal law that prohibits people under domestic violence restraining orders from having guns. In their first guns case since last year’s expansion of gun rights, the justices suggested that they will reverse...
Why one survivor of domestic violence wants the Supreme Court to uphold a gun control law
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ruth Glenn knows from harrowing personal experience the danger of putting a gun in the hands of a violent spouse or partner, the issue at the heart of a case before the Supreme Court. On a beautiful June evening in 1992, Glenn was shot three times, twice in the...
Editorial Roundup: Texas
Dallas Morning News. November 3, 2023. Editorial: Kay Granger’s leadership will be hard to replaceTexas Republican’s greatest achievement is her belief in selfless public service Kay Granger embodies what all of us should demand from public leadership: an...
Judge orders federal agents to stop cutting Texas razor wire for now at busy Mexico border crossing
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge Monday ordered Border Patrol agents not to interfere with razor wire that Texas installed at a busy crossing for migrants on the U.S.-Mexico border, ruling that the barrier can only be cut to provide aid during medical emergencies. The...
