Texas decertified a widely used electronic pollbook after problems in November. Will a fix arrive in time for the next election?
The Senate education committee will hear public testimony on Senate Bill 2, which would establish education savings accounts.
The State Bar of Texas will not mover forward with it's case against Attorney General Ken Paxton after the Texas Supreme Court ruled in favor of the assistant attorney general in a similar case last month.
The State Bar of Texas is dropping efforts to discipline Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton over allegations that his failed efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election amounted to professional misconduct.
The ethics commission of the State Bar of Texas had sued Paxton for making dishonest claims of election fraud in a 2020 challenge to Biden's victory.
A healthy democracy has free and fair elections, robust civil liberties, multiparty competition and minimal corruption. Does Texas qualify?
The state bar had sought to sanction Paxton, which could have carried a punishment ranging from a private reprimand to disbarment.
At the request of the bar, the Texas Supreme Court handed down an order Wednesday that brings the bar's attempts to sanction Paxton to an end.
77% of Texans support legislation which would exempt pet food from the state sales tax, with 40% strongly supporting this bill. 75% of Texans support legislation which would exempt firearm safety equipment from the state sales tax, with 41% strongly supporting this bill.
Texas GOP Representative-elect Shelley Luther wrote on X: "Today, the RINO (anti-MAGA) Establishment laughed in the faces of our Republican grassroots. They chose Democrat chairs and Lobbyist buddies over their voters. I look forward to seeing if they're still laughing after the next round of primaries. The fight starts today."
Since all or portions of single-member districts are situated in Comal, Bexar and Guadalupe Counties, Comal ISD will contract with each to administer the election, according to agenda documents.
With the Beaumont City Council May election slowly approaches, community members are signing up for a chance a to run for the office. Filing for the election began on Jan. 15, and seven candidates signed up in the first week and a half,