Legal battle heats up over 'gender-affirming care' for Texas transgender children

The legal battle over the governor's directive to investigate families of certain transgender children heated up this week. Groups suing the state want to make clear that state investigators should not be able to continue investigations while their case makes its way through courts.

Texas judge blocks investigations into parents of trans children

A Texas judge on Friday blocked the state from investigating as child abuse gender-confirming care for transgender youth.

Lee Merritt out of Democratic primary for Texas attorney general

Civil rights attorney Lee Merritt, of Plano, is no longer in the race for the democratic nomination for Texas attorney general.

Denton family with transgender child says they’re under state investigation

In 2016, Amber Briggle’s family made headlines after they invited Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton into their Denton home to have dinner with them and their transgender son. Now, she says they are one of the families under investigation simply because of their son.

Gov. Abbott touts successful border security operation during re-election campaign

Gov. Abbott calls the deployment of the Texas Army National Guard troops to the border a success. Several times during the Thursday news conference, he took jabs at President Biden for not doing anything to help secure the border. Abbott, of course, is running for re-election. One political scientist says he is using events like this to talk about key Republican issues ahead of November.

Texas Senate committee holds meeting over reliability of state power grid

Both Democrats and Republicans in a Texas Senate committee agreed there needs to be more oversight of the oil and gas industry. The concerns were about the role natural gas providers played during last year's deadly winter storm disaster.

Legal battle continues over whether gender-transitioning care for Texas trans youth is 'child abuse'

Governor Greg Abbott wants the state to investigate parents of transgender kids, who may be getting "gender-affirming healthcare." Civil rights groups sued, and the state is fighting back.

Harris County Primary Election vote count completed following lawsuit

Harris County has released the county’s unofficial election results from the March 1 primary following a pause in the ballot counting on Wednesday evening when a lawsuit was filed.

Rep. Van Taylor admits affair, abandons U.S. House reelection bid

A report says the mistress Van Taylor was involved with is a former jihadist who was living in North Texas and met Taylor when she wanted to get involved in helping fight Islamic extremism.

Computer glitch to blame for delayed Tarrant County election results

Election officials say the issue was that voting data could not be transmitted and processed electronically from the polling locations to elections headquarters.

Van Taylor headed to runoff in U.S. House District 3 Republican primary race

Rep. Van Taylor was one of the few incumbent Republicans not endorsed by former President Donald Trump after rejecting Trump's false claims that he won the 2020 election.

Tarrant County Judge: Tim O'Hare defeats Betsy Price

Fort Worth's longest serving mayor lost the Republican nomination for Tarrant County judge. Betsy Price was defeated by a candidate who accused her of being a liberal.

Texas Attorney General primary results: Ken Paxton forced into runoff

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will have to win the GOP nomination in a runoff. He's seeking his third term as AG amid legal woes and accusations of abuse of his office.

2022 Texas Governor election: Abbott versus Beto

The primaries are over, leaving just two candidates standing in the race for the top spot in Texas. Greg Abbott and Beto O'Rourke will face off in November.

2022 Texas Primary Election: What you need to know to vote on March 1

Today is the 2022 Texas Primary Election. We've put together a guide with everything you need to know about voting including candidate info, sample ballot links and voting locations.

The Trump factor to play heavily in midterm elections, political experts say

Chances are you’ve seen attack ads on repeat with the election being Tuesday. We wanted to take a look at the ‘Trump factor’ and if the weight of the former president could impact the outcome in some races.