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Gov. Abbott orders Texas to ignore Biden administration’s new federal protections of LGBTQ+ studentsThe new Title IX rules expanded the definition of sex-based harassment. Texas is also suing the Biden administration to block the changes.
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Attorney General Ken Paxton has now targeted seven school districts over alleged electioneering in what he calls an effort to stop elections from being “illegally swayed by public officials improperly using state resources.” Those school districts are responding.
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Abbott endorsed the primary opponents of Texas Republican House incumbents who voted against his proposal last year to allow taxpayer dollars to pay for private school tuition of students.
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Nearly one in five state representatives could be newbies when the Texas Legislature meets next in January.
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On Friday, Abbott told reporters that he wants to stay in Texas and plans to run for reelection for governor.
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The state of Texas has spent more than $845,000 flying migrants to New York, Philadelphia and Chicago.
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Amid the growing standoff between the state and federal government on Texas’ southern border, advocacy groups are joining Democrats in a call for the Biden administration to act more forcefully.
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She said the recent deaths were part of a larger pattern for Gov. Greg Abbott and Operation Lone Star on the border.
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A woman and two children drowned in the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass on Friday night as they were attempting to cross the U.S. southern border. U.S. Customs and Border Protection told TPR that Border Patrol was prevented from deploying lifesaving efforts by agents with Operation Lone Star, the controversial Texas border security initiative.
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Brandon Johnson spoke the CBS's 'Face the Nation' about the influx of migrants the city has received because of Abbott's ongoing efforts to bus and fly migrants out of Texas.