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Ex-Houston ICE Officer Arrested for Bribery, Shielding Criminal Aliens From Deportation
Prosecutors allege the scheme allowed individuals in the Harris County Jail to be released on bond, sidestepping federal removal proceedings.
22 Houston Cases Named in Justice Department’s $15 Billion Healthcare Fraud Crackdown
Federal prosecutors have charged more than 320 individuals in the largest healthcare fraud operation in U.S. history.
HHS Halts Gender Ideology Funding in Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program
The notice follows a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision affirming parents’ right to protect their children from content undermining their religious beliefs.
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Real Texans: Christi Craddick
Ken Paxton said Powered by People has been one of the “top groups bankrolling the Texas House Democrat members who abandoned Texans and vacated their offices,” and suggested the group may have violated multiple Texas laws.
Court Halts ‘Beto Bribes’ After Paxton Lawsuit
Just hours after Attorney General Ken Paxton filed suit against Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke and his group Powered by People, a Tarrant County district court issued a temporary restraining order stopping what Paxton called an “unlawful, deceptive financial influence...
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8/8/25 Democrats Sued for Abandoning Jobs
- Paxton Moves to Vacate Seats of Quorum-Breaking Democrats - Texas Republicans’ Redistricting Plan Heads to Senate for Approval - Commissioner Ramsey Seeks Removal of Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo Following Historic Censure Vote
Paxton Moves To Vacate Seats of Quorum-Breaking Democrats
After warning Democrat lawmakers to return to the Texas Capitol by Friday or face legal consequences, Attorney General Ken Paxton has followed through by filing a lawsuit in the Texas Supreme Court seeking to declare the seats of 13 Democrat House members vacant. In...
Ag Commissioner Miller Announces New Lure To Combat a Flesh-Eating Parasite
As the New World screwworm reemerges near the U.S.-Mexico border, Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller has announced a new bait he says could stop the flesh-eating pest in its tracks. The parasite is native to South America and eats the living tissue of warm-blooded...
Commissioner Ramsey Seeks Removal of Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo
This article has been updated since publication to clarify the process of removing a county judge. Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo faced a historic 3-1 censure vote from the commissioners court after her proposed property tax increase was rejected. The vote followed...
AG Paxton Investigating Beto O’Rourke’s PAC for Alleged Bribes to Runaway Democrats
Ken Paxton said Powered by People has been one of the “top groups bankrolling the Texas House Democrat members who abandoned Texans and vacated their offices,” and suggested the group may have violated multiple Texas laws.
Former Austin Elementary School Teacher Gets 71 Years For 20 Child Sex Crimes
A former Austin elementary school teacher was sentenced to 71 years in prison for sexually abusing a child and possessing child sexual abuse material. Kevin Stephen Abeyta, 54, was convicted of continuous sexual abuse of a child, a first-degree felony. A jury also...
Texas Republicans’ Redistricting Plan Heads to Senate for Approval
A Republican plan to create five new GOP-opportunity congressional districts is headed to the Texas Senate for consideration and likely approval. During a hearing on Thursday, the Senate’s Select Committee on Congressional Redistricting voted 6-1 along party lines to...