…under state law. Garza has made headlines for vowing not to prosecute illegal abortions and for not prosecuting certain drug-related cases. Matt Mackowiak and Cleo Petricek of Save Austin Now,…
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The Problem of Abortion Trafficking in Amarillo and Beyond
…Texans “most often arrive by car, driving in from cities and towns all over the state, whether making the 13-hour trek from Austin or a five-hour trip from Amarillo,” with…
Austin Hires DEI-Promoting City Manager
The Austin City Council has voted to extend a formal employment offer to outgoing Dallas city manager T.C. Broadnax. Broadnax has had a rocky tenure in Dallas, facing heavy criticism…
Supreme Court Temporarily Halts Texas’ Border Security Measure
…U.S. Supreme Court. The law in question— Senate Bill 4—creates a new state crime for entering Texas illegally and authorizes Texas law enforcement to arrest and prosecute those who cross…
Overwhelming Majority of Republican Voters Support Strict Border Security Measures
According to a new poll released by the Texas Politics Project at the University of Texas at Austin, 74 percent of Republican voters in Texas agree that the sheer number…
Decision Texas, Metroplex, State
State Rep. Holland Faces Challengers in House District 33
…noted that Brady, a senior lecturer at the University of Texas at Austin’s School of Law, has a history of supporting Democrats in elections. He also served as general counsel…
Central Texas, Decision Texas, State
State Rep. Troxclair Faces Primary Test From Former State Rep. Biedermann
…my family and my business, choosing not to run for re-election,” Biedermann explained at the time. “Regrettably, our current representative has placed the interests of the Austin Swamp ahead of…
Central Texas, Decision Texas, State
GOP Candidates Vie for Open Texas House Seats in Brazos Valley
…being commits a crime, and that’s a horrible crime, I’ll say they get prosecuted. And I believe that we should allow the attorney general to have a say in it…
Decision Texas, Houston, Local
Harris County GOP Chair Race Heats Up
…crime, and more. Our goal is to deliver this message to them in a way so that when they go to the polls during the general election, they vote for…
Attorney General Paxton Sues Austin, Four Other Cities for Ignoring Texas’ Drug Laws
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is going after Austin and four other Texas cities for adopting policies he says violate the state’s drug laws as it relates to possession and…