The administration’s lack of transparency about tariff exemptions has experts concerned some firms might be winning narrow carve-outs behind closed doors. 'It could be corruption, but it could just as easily be incompetence,' one lobbyist said.
Normally, memorial resolutions to honor Texans who have died are passed without controversy. But the resolution for Richards, a former president of Planned Parenthood who died this year, sparked a cascade of outrage from conservatives.
The three former students went to UT-Arlington and UT-Dallas. While they have prevailed in court so far, many other international students’ education futures remain uncertain.
Amid increasing reports that U.S. citizens have been caught up in the Trump administration’s immigration dragnet, a dozen members of Congress have written to the government with pointed questions. None has received a reply.
Texas Republican lawmakers in regions known for support of public schools defended voting for vouchers, saying they gained leverage to seek concessions.
By Carlos Nogueras Ramos and Jess Huff, The Texas Tribune
The men were given 24 hours' notice of their impending deportation and were forced to sign deportation papers they couldn't read, according to reports.
The sentence with run concurrent with the 90 consecutive life sentences Patrick Cruisus got after pleading guilty to federal hate crime charges in 2023.
The Texas Lottery Commission did not immediately clarify why Ryan Mindell chose to resign, as lawmakers have discussed abolishing the lottery outright.
A bill touted as legislation to clarify the state's abortion ban also could have allowed authorities to prosecute women who seek the procedure out of state.
The only time the state conducted such an assessment two decades ago, it found that undocumented Texans contributed more to the state’s economy than they cost the state.
The revised bill, which seeks to clarify when a doctor can perform medically necessary abortions, aims to address concerns from abortion advocates and conservative groups.
As lawmakers work to close loopholes that allow minors access to cannabis consumables, hemp farmers warn a total THC ban would strangle a once-hailed crop.
