The Department of Homeland Security has much information to the general public regarding its plans to construct new borders walls through the Big Bend area. Gentiles of Hannah During the first Trump presidency, Tommy Fisher set out to construct a part of a frontier walls in South Texas, which immediately sparked controversy. Concerns were raised
After neither participant received a majority of the vote in the March 3 primary, former Texas Railroad Commissioner Jim Wright will face past Tarrant County Republican Party chair Bo French in the Republican primary on May 26. In the Republican primary, French received 31.7 percentage of the vote while Wright received 32.1 percent. × This
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office misused $163 million intended to address racial profiling reforms, according to a court-mandated audit. More than $7,000 in cable TV subscriptions. An $11,000 golf cart. $1.5 million in renovations to office space in a swanky Phoenix high-rise. And another $1.7 million for Tasers. Those were among more than $200 million
Cantu-Castle received 32 % of the vote in the Democratic primary, while Ochoa won 46 % of the vote. In the November 3 general election, the winner will face Republican state representative Janie Lopez (R-San Benito ), as Democrats hope to win the district’s midterm elections under President Donald Trump. × Java is required for
On the second day of early voting for their U.S. Senate Republican primary runoff, President Donald Trump endorsed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas ). In a Truth Social blog, Trump stated that” Ken is a real MAGA Warrior who has ALWAYS delivered for Texas, and will continue to do
In accordance with a settlement it reached with the U.S. Department of Justice ( DOJ) and the Texas Office of the Attorney General ( OAG ) over its staff’s use of medical” transition” procedures on children, even after child gender modification was prohibited in Texas, Texas Children’s Hospital (TCH) in Houston will start a” Detransition
Due to the quorum break from the previous year, the Texas Supreme Court upheld petitions to remove Democratic members from the Texas Legislature, including Texas House Democratic Caucus Chair Gene Wu (D-Houston ). House Democrats fled the position in August to obstruct the GOP-led legislative legislature. Despite attempts by the government and solicitor general, the
A 2-year-old British boy’s mother was awaiting imprisonment in February when volunteers accompany him to a reunion. Christopher Lee for ProPublica According to a report from the Washington, D.C.-based think tank Brookings, much more American children have likely been separated from their families during immigration washes than previously believed. Since President Donald Trump’s widespread imprisonment
A federal judge issued a new injunction just one time before a contentious Texas law on illegal immigration was set to go into effect, ruling that the majority of the law would never pass legal scrutiny before the U.S. Supreme Court. In his opposition to Texas Senate Bill ( SB ) 4’s passage in 2024,
As early voting for Paxton and Corny n’s primary runoff began, new polling indicates that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Republican U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX ) are in dead heats against Democratic U.S. Senate nominee state representative James Talarico (D-Austin ) in a general matchup. The Barbara Jordan Public Policy Research and Survey
In response to declining enrollment, several Texas public school districts have announced digital or hybrid institution options for the 2026–2027 college year. According to a statement from Texas 2036,” Texas had 76, 000 fewer public school students in the 2025-26 school time than it did the previous school time.” This is the first membership decline
Footprints of a young child in an Arizona postmortem report were obtained and redacted by ProPublica for protection. I just wrote about the rare but dangerous condition known as vitamin K deficiency bleeding in babies. I contacted more than 50 facilities and birth centers, contacted roughly 90 people records requests, and to record the story,