Tag: Texas state government
Nebraska patrol officials defend mission to Mexican border
LINCOLN, Neb. — Officials from the Nebraska State Patrol defended their state-funded mission to the U.S.-Mexican border on Thursday, arguing that they were answering...
Texas begins jailing border crossers on trespassing charges
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas is beginning to arrest migrants on trespassing charges along the U.S.-Mexico border as part of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's actions...
Explosion at Texas home may have been intentional
PLANO, Texas — The explosion that destroyed a house in suburban Dallas and heavily damaged the two next door, injuring six people, may not...
Number of infected Texas lawmakers who fled state rises to 5
WASHINGTON — Two more Texas lawmakers who left their state to hobble efforts to pass new voting restrictions have tested positive for the coronavirus,...
3 Texas Democrats who fled elections bill vote get COVID
WASHINGTON — Three of the Democratic state lawmakers who fled Texas to stymie a Republican-backed effort to impose broad new voting restrictions have tested...
The long, ‘surreal’ days of the runaway Texas legislators
WASHINGTON — Sheltered in a downtown D.C. hotel, the Democratic lawmakers who left Texas to block a restrictive voting bill are living a life...
Nebraska agreed to no reimbursement for troopers in Texas
OMAHA, Neb. — Nebraska agreed not to seek reimbursement from Texas for the state patrol troopers that it sent down to the U.S.-Mexican border...
The long, ‘surreal’ days of the fugitive Texas legislators
WASHINGTON — Sheltered in a downtown D.C. hotel, the Democratic lawmakers who left Texas to block a restrictive voting bill are living a life...
Death toll rises to 210 from February cold wave in Texas
AUSTIN, Texas — State officials on Tuesday added 59 deaths to the toll wrought by the Feb. 14 cold wave and the ensuing collapse...
EXPLAINER: What’s in the Texas GOP’s voting bills?
The Texas voting bills that prompted state Democrats' flight to Washington this week include a raft of tweaks and changes to the state's election...