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Rollercoaster rulings on Texas’ immigration law causes confusion for law enforcement
The legal whiplash over Texas’ new sweeping immigration law had some law enforcement agencies scrambling for…
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Texas immigration ruling puts spotlight on nation’s most conservative federal appeals court
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court based in New Orleans has become a prime…
Texas officials feel ‘whiplash’ after courts halt immigration law
Local officials across Texas are anxiously waiting to see whether the state’s harsh new immigration law…
Texas immigration ruling puts spotlight on nation’s most conservative federal appeals court
Texas immigration ruling puts spotlight on nation’s most conservative federal appeals court
Texas immigration ruling puts spotlight on nation’s most conservative federal appeals court
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court based in New Orleans has become a prime…
Short-term fate of Texas’ controversial immigration law could come down to a George W. Bush nominee
(CNN) — A federal appeals court heard arguments Wednesday over whether to allow Texas to temporarily…
Short-term fate of Texas’ controversial immigration law could come down to a George W. Bush nominee
By Devan Cole, Tierney Sneed and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN
Texas immigration ruling puts spotlight on nation’s most conservative federal appeals court
A federal appeals court based in New Orleans has become a prime destination for conservatives pursuing…
Texas immigration ruling puts spotlight on nation’s most conservative federal appeals court
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The federal appeals court that heard arguments…
Texas immigration ruling puts spotlight on nation’s most conservative federal appeals court
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court based in New Orleans has become a prime…
Fight Over Texas Law Underscores a Battle of America vs. Its States
The partisan gridlock gumming up Washington has prompted states controlled by one party to set off…
Forced to a runoff, Texas Speaker of House has no regrets about Paxton impeachment
It’s been decades since a Speaker of the Texas House has been forced into a runoff…
Texas wants to arrest immigrants in the country illegally. Why would that be such a major shift?
The news in Texas over local immigration enforcement is so unusual because immigration laws are federal…
Sotomayor Rebukes Supreme Court Colleagues For Lifting Hold On Texas Migrant Law
The justice delivered a blistering dissent after the high court’s conservative majority let the state law…
Gov. Greg Abbott says Texas is two votes away from passing school vou…
Abbott called on supporters to push through the primary runoffs to deliver the final pro-voucher members…
Candidates Emerge in Texas GOP Chair Race
Republican Party of Texas Chairman Matt Rinaldi announced last week that he is not seeking re-election.…
The Retiring Head of the Texas GOP Inflamed a Party Civil War That Will Outlive His Tenure
Matt Rinaldi has led the state Republican Party far to the right. His successor is likely…
Texas Gov. Abbott warns that unlawful immigration increases risks of terrorist attacks
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott used remarks by FBI Director Christopher Wray that ISIS terrorists are crossing…
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Short-term fate of Texas’ controversial immigration law could come down to a George W. Bush nominee
By Devan Cole, Tierney Sneed and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN
US Appeals Court Weighing Fate of Texas Border Enforcement Law
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday began hearing arguments on…
Supreme Court allows Texas to begin enforcing law that lets police arrest migrants at border
A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Texas to begin enforcing a law that gives police…
State Capital Highlights: Texas counties among nation’s fastest growing
Recent estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau indicate that six of the 10 fastest-growing counties in…
Supreme Court allows Texas to begin enforcing law that lets police arrest migrants at border
A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Texas to begin enforcing a law that gives police…
Implementation of Texas SB 4 immigration law back on hold
The on-again, off-again Texas immigration law Senate Bill 4 is off again, or at least it…
Supreme Court allows Texas to begin enforcing law that lets police arrest migrants at border
A divided Supreme Court is allowing Texas to begin enforcing a law that gives police broad…
U.S. panel stays Texas law again
A federal appeals court late Tuesday issued an order that again prevents Texas from arresting migrants…
Greg Abbott suffers Texas border blow hours after Supreme Court victory
A federal appeals court has blocked Texas from arresting migrants suspected of entering the US illegally,…
Supreme Court lifts hold on contentious Texas immigration law
The U.S. Supreme Court lifted its hold Tuesday on a controversial Texas law that would allow…
U.S. panel stays Texas law again
A federal appeals court late Tuesday issued an order that again prevents Texas from arresting migrants…
SC allows Texas to enforce law that gives police powers to arrest migrants
A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday lifted a stay on a Texas law that gives police…
Appeals court puts Texas immigration law back on hold, state police cannot crackdown on migrants
White House criticizes Texas law SB 4, Supreme Court lifts temporary stay, but 5th Circuit Court…
Supreme Court allows Texas to begin enforcing law that lets police arrest migrants at border
A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Texas to begin enforcing a law that gives police…
US Supreme Court lets strict Texas immigration law take effect allowing state to detain, deport migrants
The United States Supreme Court, on Tuesday (Mar 19) lifted the pause on a controversial Republican-backed law in Texas…
US Supreme Court: Texas can arrest migrants for crossing border illegally
Texas Gov Greg Abbott praised the order — and the law — which allows any police…
Appeals court sets snap hearing on Texas migrant law after Supreme Court declines to intervene
The U.S. Supreme Court said it could not rule on the Texas deportation law known as……
US Supreme Court allows Texas to enforce controversial immigration law
HOUSTON: The US conservative-majority Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an emergency request by the Joe Biden…
Supreme Court lets Texas detain and deport migrants under SB4
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday to allow Texas enforce its state law to arrest undocumented…
Read the full SCOTUS ruling on Texas’ migrant arrest law here
The court’s liberal justices denounced the decision, saying the majority members were…
SCOTUS Texas ruling triggers Rep. Pramila Jayapal
A recent SCOTUS Texas decision allowing the state to arrest illegal immigrants triggered Rep. Pramila Jayapal,…
Appeals court sets snap hearing on Texas migrant law after Supreme Court declines to intervene
The U.S. Supreme Court said it could not rule on the Texas deportation law known as……
Live Updates: Uncertainty on Border After Supreme Court Allows Texas to Arrest Migrants
The justices declined to block a state law that would allow officials to arrest and deport…
Supreme Court allows Texas to arrest illegal immigrants; what could that mean for other states?
In a 6-3 decision Tuesday, the US Supreme Court ended a stay on a Texas state…
Supreme Court says Texas can arrest and jail migrants
But a Mexican official says it will not accept migrants deported by Texas under the new…
Supreme Court allows Texas to begin enforcing law that lets police arrest migrants at border
A divided Supreme Court is allowing Texas to begin enforcing a law that gives police broad…
How Texas will enforce its strict immigration law after Supreme Court ruling
The law has sparked outcry from civil society groups who worry that even U.S. citizens will…
Supreme Court allows strict Texas SB4 immigration law to take effect for now
The Supreme Court has rejected a Biden administration request to intervene and keep Texas immigration enforcement…
US Supreme Court reverses decision on SB 4, allows Texas immigration law to take effect
In its ruling Tuesday, which is not a final order, Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and…
The Supreme Court Just Gave Texas a Green Light to Harass Every Latino in the State
The 5th Circuit went rogue, and the Supreme Court’s conservatives let it.
Supreme Court lets Texas detain and deport migrants under SB4
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday to allow Texas enforce its state law to arrest undocumented…
The U.S. Supreme Court allows Texas’s anti-immigrant law to go into effect
In a 6-3 vote, the conservative majority permits the police to demand papers from and arrest…
Supreme Court Upholds Texas Border Enforcement Law: Two Prison Stocks React
U.S. Supreme Court allows Texas’ controversial border enforcement law to take effect, raising concerns about federal…
Supreme Court allows Texas to enforce its own immigration rules
The law, officially designated Senate Bill 4, has been accused of encouraging racial profiling and violating…
Supreme Court allows Texas border enforcement law to proceed
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday let a Republican-backed Texas law take effect allowing…
US Supreme Court Won’t Halt Texas Law on Illegal Border Crossings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to block a Republican-backed Texas law…
Supreme Court lifts stay on Texas law that gives police broad powers to arrest migrants at border
A divided Supreme Court has lifted a stay on a Texas law that gives police broad…
Supreme Court allows Texas to enforce new border law
Opponents have called the law, known as Senate Bill 4, the most dramatic attempt by a…
Supreme Court Allows Texas to Enforce Controversial Immigration Law
The new order undoes an indefinite stay issued by conservative Justice Samuel Alito yesterday.
Supreme Court lets Texas detain and deport migrants under SB4
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday to allow Texas enforce its state law to arrest undocumented…
What’s a VPN and How Do You Use One to Access Pornhub in Texas?
Ever since Pornhub and other adult sites pulled out of the Lone Star State last week,…
US Supreme Court lets Texas border enforcement law take effect
By John Kruzel and Andrew Chung
Supreme Court green lights Texas law that allows state police to arrest migrants
The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed a Texas law to take effect that enables state law…
US Supreme Court won’t halt Texas law on illegal border crossings
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to block a Republican-backed Texas law allowing state law…
Supreme Court Allows Texas To Enforce Controversial Immigration Law—For Now
The law lets state and local law enforcement arrest people they believe entered the country illegally,…
Texas can enforce controversial immigration law, Supreme Court says
The law allows local police to arrest and detain people they suspect entered the country illegally.…
Gov. Greg Abbott appears with embattled House Speaker Dade Phelan for…
Abbott has so far been silent as Phelan battles for political survival in a tough primary…
Supreme Court lifts hold on contentious Texas immigration law
The US Supreme Court lifted its hold Tuesday on a controversial Texas law that would allow…
How the Texas GOP has grown more and more conservative
The Texas Republican Party has gotten more conservative over the years. Immigration policies once pushed by…
US Supreme Court lets Texas border enforcement law take effect
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday let a Republican-backed Texas law take effect allowing…
Divided Supreme Court lifts stay on a Texas law giving police broad powers to arrest migrants
A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday lifted a stay on a Texas law that gives police…
Texas Permanent School Fund pulls $8.5B from BlackRock over fossil fuel boycott concerns
BlackRock will likely lose out on millions in management fees, while the state will need…
Abbott speaks out as controversial border law halted again
Likely the court will take up the law again.
The latest in the border battle between Texas and the Biden administration
The Supreme Court on Monday further delayed implementation of Texas’ SB4. Read More
Texas Attorney General Paxton targets Austin’s light-rail plans
Paxton is trying to block the Austin Transit Partnership from borrowing hundreds of millions of dollars…
US Supreme Court extends block on Texas anti-immigrant law
Judge Samuel Alito has published an order confirming the pause on SB2, a rule that would…
Will Texas GOP continue its descent without Matt Rinaldi as chair?
This is the Republican Party of Texas. It’s unlikely to get better even as it’s hard…
Abbott Defiant After SCOTUS Temporarily Blocks Texas Immigration Law
Gov. Greg Abbott said the state would continue “utilizing every tool and strategy” to respond to…
Supreme Court extends pause on Texas law allowing state police to arrest migrants
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito once again extended his freeze of a Texas law enabling state…
Supreme Court extends pause on Texas law allowing state police to arrest migrants
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito once again extended his freeze of a Texas law enabling state…
How the Texas GOP has grown more and more conservative
The Texas Republican Party has gotten more conservative over the years. Immigration policies once pushed by…
How Texas’ plans to arrest migrants for illegal entry would work if allowed to take effect
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ plan to arrest migrants who cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally is…
Supreme Court extends pause on Texas law allowing state police to arrest migrants
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito once again extended his freeze of a Texas law enabling state…
SB4: Supreme Court blocks Texas immigration law
The justices place the law in limbo while emergency appeals from the Biden administration play out.…
How the Texas GOP has grown more and more conservative
The Texas Republican Party has gotten more conservative over the years. Immigration policies once pushed by…
Texas GOP chair candidate tried to confront wife’s alleged lover with…
Abraham George is running to lead the state party with backing from current Chair Matt Rinaldi,…
Supreme Court delays Texas deportation law for a second time
For the second time, Justice Samuel Alito extended a stay halting the law, known as…
Texas GOP chair candidate tried to confront wife’s alleged lover with a loaded gun, police say
Abraham George is running to lead the state party with backing from current Chair Matt Rinaldi,…
Tucker Carlson exhorts Texas audience to see spiritual war behind political battles: ‘Not flesh and blood at all’
Tucker Carlson urged a group of Republicans in Texas on Sunday to keep the country s…
The Governor of South Dakota Is Promoting a Texas Dental Practice Now?
Governor Kristi Noem does have nice teeth.
When, how to plant bluebonnets in your Texas yard
AUSTIN (KXAN) — It’s the thick of bluebonnets season in Central Texas, with residents and…
How Texas may craft policy for artificial intelligence usage
AUSTIN (KXAN) — The hottest topic discussed at this year’s South by Southwest had to…
STATE CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS
Texas counties among nation’s fastest growing
Texas now leads the nation in solar energy: What that means for the grid
Texas is now the No. 1 producer of solar power in the country. The clean energy…