The American Bar Association ( ABA ), a national voluntary association of legal professionals, voted earlier this month to repeal the law’s diversity policy for accredited law schools. ABA approval common 206, which was previously titled Diversity and Inclusion, required accredited law schools in part to “demonstrate by concrete action a commitment to diversity and
Three new September polls show that with only one month until early voting begins on October 19th, state representative James Talarico (D-Austin ) consistently ahead of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in the U.S. Senate race. ReconMR’s monitoring poll, which was formerly the Texas Pulse surveys, was continued with a September Texas Poll of 614
GOP-aligned organizations have prepared an avalanche of spending as Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton and state representative James Talarico (D-Austin ) square off in a close election for the state’s Senate. The price is likely to be a benefit for Paxton, who has previously been severely overspent on the radio and tied with or
On Wednesday, U.S. Representative Chip Roy (R-TX-21 ) addressed a letter to U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent outlining concerns about a “planned Islamic development” being constructed close to Camp Bullis, a military training base in San Antonio. More than 27, 000 hectares of Camp
Democrat presidential candidates appear to be in the lead in three South Texas towns that are particularly Latino, according to a recent poll conducted by Texas Southern University. In an area that had a significant impact on President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential vote, the study found a strong backlash toward Democrats. Republicans faced
Despite the fact that the majority of Texas voters disapprove of the Democratic Party, a new survey confirms that state representative James Talarico (D-Austin ) is the party’s favorite in the U.S. Senate race. In this recent poll, conducted by the Texas Politics Project ( TPP ) at the University of Texas, Talarico is three
On Monday, August 24, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate, released a new plan on data centers and artificial intelligence ( AI ) on August 24. Paxton proposed new national laws that would change everything from how information centers are built and operated to how businesses are held accountable
The GOP faces a difficult political culture in the midterm elections of 2026 as The Cook Political Report shifts its ratings for Texas ‘ general and U.S. Senate races to Democrats on Thursday. Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his Democratic challenger, state representative James Talarico (D-Austin ), both now believe the race is
In a lawsuit brought against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security ( DHS) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency ( FEMA ) over newly implemented rules for federal security grants related to election reforms, two Texas counties have joined jurisdictions in Ohio and Tennessee. The Homeland Security Grant Program ( HSGP), which was established in
A Texas gun store sold unregistered suppressors to two political figures on Thursday morning, allegedly the first such deal since Congress passed the law in 1934, after a court ruling that severely hampered enforcement of the National Firearms Act ( NFA ) in 15 states last week. ” I woke up this morning and headed
Legislators are attempting to overcome long-standing barriers to public safety within cultural jurisdictions, but ethnic communities in Texas and throughout the United States continue to grapple with these issues. Data on violence in ethnic country is minimal, but survey data shows an overrepresentation of Native American populations in the federal criminal justice system, according to
Last year, tractors broke ground in Big Bend National Park as a result of public outcry against illegal immigration from the United States. Last fall, then-Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem issued an order waiving all regulatory restrictions in order to drive through the development of border restrictions in the Big Bend Sector. Rodney Scott,