In back-to-back speeches on Wednesday in Washington, D.C., GOP presidential hopefuls U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and real estate developer Donald Trump showcased their different campaigning styles as they rallied supporters against President Barack Obama's Iran nuclear deal.
A spokeswoman for the Mike Huckabee campaign suggested that Ted Cruz crashed Huckabee's rally on Tuesday in Grayson, Ky., for Kim Davis, the county clerk who was jailed for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses.
Plagued by weekly headlines about his dwindling staff, the stench of political death continues to linger around former Gov. Rick Perry, whose rivals have so far struck a deferential tone in response to questions about his campaign struggles.
After spending more than two weeks without a lawyer, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has secured a defense team in the ongoing financial fraud case against him. Veteran Houston criminal lawyer Dan Cogdell and Terri Moore, a former state and federal prosecutor from Fort Worth, have taken on the task of representing Paxton as he faces three felony charges claiming he violated state securities law.
A bill that passed late in the legislative session gave some residents and officials hope that they can kill a controversial water-pumping project in western Hays County. But there's no guarantee that Houston-based Electro Purification won't ultimately be able to proceed with its plan. A variety of factors are at play, including how much the expanded district ultimately will allow the company to pump, and whether the company — or its opponents — will challenge that amount.
Federal regulators have slapped a roughly $50,000 fine on a West Texas oil company six months after a fiery explosion killed three of its workers at a well. On Tuesday, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Odessa-based Mason Well Service for six violations, including five that are considered “serious” and one that was a “repeat.”
After a federal judge ruled that most women and children being held in Texas immigration detention centers should be released, attorneys say they are making some progress on their clients' cases. But they argue the government is making their work harder because it hasn't established a clear set of rules.
The Texas State University System is experimenting with massive open online courses to allow students to arrive on campus with a full year of credit at minimal cost. The thought is that older students with kids and full-time jobs might benefit the most since they may not have time to take four years out of their lives to attend school.
In a test of Cubans' special immigration status, authorities have observed a spike in Cubans seeking entry to the U.S. through Laredo. From October 2014 to June 2015, more Cubans — 18,520 — have tried to enter the border city than unaccompanied minors — 18,240.
Disagreeing with Dallas-Fort Worth-area water officials, the Texas Water Development Board decided on Wednesday that a years-long conflict over a yet-to-be-built reservoir in the region’s 50-year water plan is serious enough that it should be resolved.
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