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August 3, 2021 at 4:10 pm

Judge blocks Texas troopers from stopping migrant transports

A federal judge has ordered Texas to not allow state troopers to stop vehicles carrying migrants on the grounds that they may spread COVID-19

July 29, 2021 at 3:30 pm

Justice Department urges Texas to halt new migrant order

A new immigration measure by Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is drawing swift backlash from the Justice Department

July 28, 2021 at 3:22 pm

O’Rourke, protesters begin nearly 30-mile Texas voting march VIEW

Church leaders and former Democratic Congressman Beto O'Rourke are leading a nearly 30-mile voting rights march in Texas

July 27, 2021 at 4:44 pm

Texas National Guard will start helping make border arrests

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas National Guard deployment along the U.S.-Mexico border will start helping troopers make arrests, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday,...

July 26, 2021 at 8:47 pm

GOP’s Jake Ellzey wins US House seat over Trump-backed rival

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican Jake Ellzey of Texas won a U.S. House seat on Tuesday night over a rival backed by Donald Trump, dealing...

July 22, 2021 at 4:02 pm

Texas begins jailing border crossers on trespassing charges

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas is beginning to arrest migrants on trespassing charges along the U.S.-Mexico border as part of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's actions...

July 18, 2021 at 9:18 pm

Texas Democrats see walkout as the way out of party slump

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Jasmine Crockett, a Black civil rights lawyer and one of the youngest lawmakers in Texas, was just a few months into...

July 14, 2021 at 3:34 pm

Time on their side, Texas GOP waits for Democrats to return

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — On Day 3 of Texas Democrats hunkering down in Washington to block tighter voting laws, Republicans back home settled into a...

Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Texas, center left, and Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, joined at left by Rep. Chris Turner, chairman of the Texas House Democratic Caucus, welcome Democratic members of the Texas legislature at a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 13, 2021. The lawmakers left Austin hoping to deprive the Texas Legislature of a quorum â€” the minimum number of representatives who have to be present for the body to operate, as they try to kill a Republican bill making it harder to vote in the Lone Star State. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) DCSA102 DCSA102

July 13, 2021 at 9:43 am

Texas Democrats dig in after exodus; GOP threatens arrest

Texas Democratic legislators who hurriedly fled to D.C. to block sweeping new election laws back home acknowledged Tuesday they can't stay away forever. Gov. Greg...

FILE – This June 1, 2021, file photo shows the State Capitol in Austin, Texas. Democrats in the Texas Legislature are planning to leave the state in another revolt against a GOP overhaul of election laws. A person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press that Democrats are set to once again break quorum at the Texas Legislature in a dramatic showdown over voting rights in America. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

July 12, 2021 at 10:35 am

Texas Democrats leave state to try to stop GOP voting bill VIEW

Dozens of Democratic lawmakers were set to leave Austin before the GOP could pass a voting bill in the current special legislative session ordered by...