The Legislature will still have to appropriate the funds to pay the settlement, either during the upcoming special session or ...

The third-term Republican, who is challenging U.S. Sen. John Cornyn next year rather than run for reelection, did not give an ...

Judge Emily Tobolowsky granted the city and Texas state fair summary judgment and dismissed the case at a June 24 hearing ...

U.S. Air Force Col. Terry Virts, a former F-16 fighter pilot and NASA astronaut, is the other Democrat in the race.

A Dallas County judge dismissed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s lawsuit against gun restrictions adopted by the State ...

The decision, stemming from a 2022 lawsuit, narrows the public’s legal options to challenge Texas officials under the state’s ...

The lawsuit said the new gun policy violates state law permitting licensed gun owners to lawfully carry in places owned or ...

Democrats last carried Texas in a presidential election 49 years ago, last elected a U.S. senator there in 1986 and have lost all statewide elections since 1994. Texas Republicans could, however, ...

Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton cannot be compelled by a district court to turn over communications related ...

A South Texas grand jury this week reportedly indicted nine people, including the former chair of the Bexar County Democratic ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's lawsuit against the State Fair of Texas gun ban was dismissed by a Dallas County District ...

Paxton, the Texas attorney general, is leading incumbent U.S. Sen. Cornyn in most polls in the Republican Senate primary. But ...