Texas Politics

The legislation would require amending the Texas Constitution, which currently bans most gaming in Texas. That is only possible with a two-thirds vote of lawmakers in both chambers, and then voter approval in the November election.

The governor is calling the situation at the border a crisis. He says cartels are ramping up drug trafficking and human smuggling. Children are coming in, in record numbers.

In Texas, experts say more than 9 million people don’t have a broadband internet connection, either because the infrastructure doesn’t reach their homes or because they aren’t subscribed to a service.

A crowd of 23 candidates — including 11 Republicans and 10 Democrats — has filed for the May 1 special election to fill the seat of the late U.S. Rep. Ron Wright, R-Arlington, according to the secretary of state's office.

There was instant reaction to Gov. Greg Abbott's decision to end the statewide mask mandate and allow all businesses to fully reopen.

Hearings over what led to last week's massive power failure begin Thursday in Austin. Meanwhile, state Democrats say Abbott isn’t taking responsibility for his role. He appoints the people who oversee ERCOT.

Members of the Texas Legislature will hold a hearing this week to get answers about the failure of the state's power grid that left millions in the dark.

Thousands of unemployed Texans still find it impossible to get through to the agency, which has been overwhelmed in the past year by pandemic-related claims.

Teacher groups are against in-person testing, and Texas Democratic lawmakers want the test canceled altogether.

The governor focused on the pandemic successes in Texas. While there have been issues along the way and more than 36,000 deaths, Abbott said things are moving in the right direction.

Wright, 67, who was hospitalized in September due to complications from cancer treatment, said in a statement that he’s been in quarantine since Friday.

U.S. attorneys across Texas have come together with a warning to those who might want to cause trouble in Texas.

Local U.S. House Republicans who voted were against the measure while all of the North Texas Democrats were for impeaching Trump. The final count was 232 to 197 in favor of the single article of impeachment on “incitement of insurrection.”

Opening day of the Texas Legislature is normally packed with spectators -- but not this year because of both the pandemic and security concerns.