GM workers at big Texas plant approve UAW deal, boosting chances of passage
GM workers at big Texas plant approve UAW deal, boosting chances of passage
Texas sues Shell over May fire at Houston-area petrochemical plant
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas is suing Shell and is seeking more than $1 million, alleging a fire at the oil giant’s Houston-area petrochemical plant damaged the environment. The May 5 fire at the plant in the suburb of Deer Park resulted in nine workers being treated at and released from a hospital…
The wife of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton may be one of the jurors in his impeachment trial — which could dive deep into his alleged extramarital affair
State Sen. Angela Paxton, who married the attorney general in 1986, has not said whether she will recuse herself from the trial…
Texas judge in abortion pill lawsuit often rules for conservatives
The federal judge who on Friday suspended approval of the abortion pill mifepristone is a former Christian legal activist whose small courthouse in Amarillo, Texas, has become a go-to destination for conservatives challenging Biden administration policies. U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, an appointee of former Republican President Donald Trump…
SXSW may be in Texas, but Silicon Valley Bank’s implosion is casting an uneasy cloud over the tech festival
The FDIC took over Silicon Valley Bank on Friday as the annual tech festival SXSW kicked off in Austin, casting a cloud over the event…
Texas AG challenger says lawsuit preventing the Biden administration from protecting abortions in medical emergencies is ‘state-sanctioned femicide’
Texas AG Ken Paxton is suing the Biden Administration to prevent protections for medical exceptions for abortion. “He is advocating for the intentional killing of women,” his opponent, Rochelle Garza, says…
Texas GOP Senator argues ‘second guessing’ police after Uvalde shooting is ‘distracting, unfair’
Despite law enforcement changing their story about the shooting at least a dozen times, GOP Sen. John Cornyn tweeted on Saturday the “second-guessing” of police response is “unfair…
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s truck inspection policy turned up zero drugs and caused hours-long backlogs at the border
Troopers conducted more than 4,100 truck inspections over an 8-day period beginning April 8, according to state data obtained by The Texas Tribune…
Texas is chartering buses to drop migrants off at the US Capitol, governor says
We are sending them to the United States Capitol where the Biden administration will be able to more immediately address [their] needs,” Abbott said…
Texas Democrats who fled the state are suing Gov. Greg Abbott claiming his attempts to bring them back to the legislature violate their civil rights
Nearly two dozen Democrats in the Texas House of Representatives sued the Republican state leaders over their latest effort to bring them back.
3 Texas Democratic lawmakers who fled the state to block GOP bills tested positive for COVID-19 in Washington, DC
Chris Turner, chairman of the state’s House Democratic Caucus, said it was a “sober reminder that COVID is still with us.”
American Air Pans Texas Vote Bill in Echo of Delta-Georgia Feud
American Airlines Group Inc. said it’s “strongly opposed” to a voting rights bill passed by the Texas Senate, days after watching rival Delta Air Lines Inc. become engulfed by controversy over a similar measure approved in Georgia.