Posted on · After several Harris County polling places opened late, a state district judge ordered voting locations there to stay open until 8 p.m. But the state’s highest civil court blocked that ruling.
Posted on · A federal judge who previously quashed the subpoena ruled that the attorney general must take the witness stand in a lawsuit from abortion funds.
Posted on · The nonbinding legal opinion states local elected and appointed officials can receive up to $25,000 for work done during the COVID-19 pandemic on top of their regular salaries. Unlike other pay raises, these “premium pay” bonuses don’t need to be declared to the public ahead of time.
Posted on · The lawsuit is seeking a temporary pause on the state's anti-Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions clause, which prohibits government contractors from boycotting Israel.
Posted on · A new law could keep people in custody much longer -- people like Hervis Rogers, the Houston man recently arrested for alleged illegal voting and held on $100,000 bond.
Posted on · Merritt officially began his Democratic campaign Tuesday with an emphasis on the voting rights battle that caused state House Democrats to leave Texas a day earlier.
Posted on · Rogers captured national attention in March 2020 when he waited for hours to vote on Super Tuesday.
Posted on · Guzman's candidacy adds a new dynamic to the primary that is already unfolding between incumbent Ken Paxton and Land Commissioner George P. Bush.
Posted on · After Paxton, a Republican, petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court in December to block Joe Biden’s victory, a Democratic Party activist filed a complaint with the bar association calling the case frivolous.
Posted on · After years in the headlines for suing local law enforcement agencies for violating the civil rights of Black people, Lee Merritt decided this week to try a new approach to justice: Become the state’s top lawyer.
Posted on · The Harris County Republican Party had sued to stop the county from sending the absentee ballot applications.
Posted on · Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Wednesday asked Attorney General Ken Paxton to look into a December human smuggling case in San Antonio
Posted on · Paxton has pleaded not guilty. His attorneys say he has the right to a speedy trial.
Posted on · "(Senate Bill) 4 is wholly valid," the state writes in its appeal. A court of appeals will decide whether to allow the state to enforce the law while it awaits a full hearing later this year.
Posted on · "The first rule of hurricane coverage is that every broadcast must begin with palm trees bending in the wind." - author Carl Hiaasen