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LGBTQ rights advocates targeted the Department of Public Safety with dozens of messages after the agency announced a new policy that blocks transgender Texans from changing the sex listed on their driver's licenses.
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his blind trust own 10 properties from Hawaii to Florida. This year, just one was disclosed to state ethics regulators.
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NPR will be reporting live from the convention in Chicago, including live updates online, live video each night and live special coverage on air and on video Wednesday and Thursday night.
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Now, Texans will not be able to change the sex on their licenses unless it is to fix a clerical error.
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Kate Cox, a Texas woman who sued her state when she was denied an abortion there, announced that she is pregnant during the DNC’s delegate roll call.
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Several people filed to be candidates in City Council races as well.
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Paxton, a Republican, cut a deal with prosecutors earlier this year to do community service and pay restitution in lieu of being tried for felony fraud. A copy of the deal has not been publicly released, but Paxton’s lawyer has confirmed the type of community service his client will perform.
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In a major loss for the special prosecutors, the First Court of Appeals in Houston ruled that a lower court erred in ordering the lawyers to be paid $300 an hour for their work on the Paxton fraud case.
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The city has 15 days to make the State Fair reverse its ban on all firearms — including licensed concealed carry — before Paxton says he'll seek legal action.
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The Legislature doesn’t reconvene for another five months, but the battle over creating a school voucher-like program in the state is already well underway. A Texas House committee meeting on Monday may provide a preview of what to expect in the battle ahead.
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The executive order from the Texas governor will require these hospitals to track the cost of care for undocumented migrants, in order for the state to push for federal reimbursement.
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Darryl George's fight to wear his natural hair first began last summer.