Both candidates entered the race with backgrounds in family issues from their respective branches of government.
Abortion would become a punishable felony in Texas if Roe v. Wade is overturned, but a new law provides for alternative enforcement.
State law forbids public employees from spending or authorizing public funds on political advertising, which could include this message.
The four Republican candidates racing to succeed the relatively liberal Rep. Lyle Larson vied to prove their conservative authenticity.
"We have concluded that the December 1, 2021, Stay Order from the Fifth Circuit case is limited to the parties in the lawsuit," the district wrote.
The San Antonio state representative is running for the top executive position in Bexar County instead of seeking reelection.
Citing an opinion Abbott wrote as a justice in 1997, the Fourth Court of Appeals called his mask mandate ban an excess of his authority.
After the model folded in San Antonio, sending 1,200 kids back to the old system, the state expanded community-based care in south Texas.
For the second time, Republican John Lujan took Texas House District 118 from a retiring Democrat. New maps could shore up his spot this time.
On the eve of San Antonio ISD's deadline for staff to get the COVID-19 vaccine, the Supreme Court of Texas halted the mandate.
Texas Right to Life called the lawsuits — both by disbarred lawyers seeking a declaration against the Heartbeat Act — "imprudent."
Three Democrats and two Republicans are vying to replace retiring state Rep. Leo Pacheco (D-San Antonio), who took the seat in 2019.
