Senate Bill 8 was paused for 2 days. Some of the law's proponents say those who violated it during that time could still face lawsuits.
Schools that have implemented mask mandates have a lower COVID-19 case count than schools without mandates.
A judge declared two entire sections of state election code unconstitutional infringements of First Amendment rights, but left a statute prohibiting some forms of electioneering intact.
This week — attorney general candidates’ records are compared, a GOP lawmaker files a “rape and incest” exception to the Heartbeat Bill, and a national group releases its 2021 legislative grades for Texas lawmakers.
Tensions between board members interwove otherwise commonplace discussions about requiring masks in school.
Judges honed in on the Office of the Attorney General’s claims that elected officials are protected from the Whistleblower Act.
While school tension over masks is hardly new, the district's fight comes during its first recent F rating, a lawsuit, and serious claims.
The Fort Worth representative joins a field of several other well-known Texas politicians in the Republican primary to be the Texas Attorney General.
State officials have regularly clashed with the City of Austin over its policies, including the continuous flirtation with lax homeless camping enforcement.
Republican officials in the state are criticizing Biden’s plans to require the vaccine or weekly testing for employees of large companies.
After the price of electricity shot skyward back in February, wholesale electric provider Griddy had to file for bankruptcy.
This week — an attorney general opinion leaves abandoned House seats to the courts, 20 Democrats form a caucus to oppose “right-wing” legislation, and truant legislators owe three-quarters of a million dollars in repayments.
New details on the whistleblower controversy in the Office of the Attorney General show the situation was fraught with poor communication and rising tensions.
The justices said the Biden administration likely would not have been able to disprove that the cancelation was “arbitrary and capricious.”
The district court's order temporarily suspends the Biden administration's revocation of Texas Section 1115 Medicaid waiver.
This week — local governments are listed with “unlawful” mask mandates, a Democrat confirms her Portugal vacation during the quorum break, and a rainstorm causes flooding in the Texas Capitol.
Texas and Missouri both sued the Biden administration in April to prevent the termination of the Migrant Protection Protocols.
President Joe Biden contacted Superintendent Michael Hinojosa to personally thank him for requiring masks in Dallas schools.
Some Texas Democrats received a temporary reprieve from the threat of arrest after Harris County judges issued prohibitive orders.
Local officials seeking to exert mask mandates on their constituents are clashing with Governor Greg Abbott in court.
